Month: August 2015

How to tell the difference between bipolar disorder, depression …

Many patients with bipolar disorder, a debilitating mental condition that can take a person from the sluggishness of severe depression to super-human energy levels, are often misdiagnosed as having major depressive …

SCHIZOPHRENIA | Health Beat – Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

People often confuse schizophrenia with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder). Unlike dissociative identity disorder, which is thought to be an effect of severe trauma during early …

When Living with Bipolar Disorder Changes Your Life | bpHope – bp …

I often reflect on my life before the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, and things are indeed different now compared to the day I was released from the hospital. The aftermath of confusion, medication and dealing with bipolar …

President Obama embraces Nigerian disability-rights activist, Grace …

WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 03: U.S. President Barack Obama embraces Nigerian disability-rights activist and musician Grace Alache Jerry during the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington …

NHS England launches first stage of new programme to improve

NHS England has issued guidance to CCGs on submitting their Local Transformation Plans (LTPs) to improve mental health care for children and young people, including how they will develop eating disorder services.