PinterestMBCT Shows Promise For Those With Bipolar Disorder
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:26
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A study in the CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics February edition discusses mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and how it may help those with bipolar disorder through improving their mood, regulating their emotions, and helping with their functioning and overall well-being.
Thilo Deckersbach, PhD, and colleagues from the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, used MBCT on 12 patients with bipolar disorder. The study started with a basic clinical assessment of the participants, followed
Dry-Cleaning Chemical Can Increase Risk Of Bipolar Disorder: Study
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- Published on Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:24
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A new study published in the journal Environmental Health has found that early exposure to tetrachloroethylene or PCE—a chemical commonly used in dry-cleaning—may increase the risk of developing bipolar disorder and post traumatic stress syndrome.
The study investigated the effect of the solvent, which leached into the water supply from vinyl-lined water pipes used in the Cape Cod area. Both PCE and vinyl resin were used to attach liners to the water pipes. Although the pipes were dried for 48 hours before being shipped for use, the PCE on them did not evaporate before the pipes were installed. Subsequently, quantities of PCE remained on the liner and ended up leaching into the public water supply.
Study Looks At Deep Brain Stimulation In Bipolar Patients
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- Published on Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:22
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A small study out of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is looking at deep brain stimulation to see its impact on patients with bipolar disorder.
Deep brain stimulation is being looked at as a way to treat general depression; however, the surgery is very expensive and the research is only in the preliminary stages, meaning it is too early to know if treatment is effective for all types of depression.
The study still proposes that brain stimulation “not only just helps patients who haven’t been able to recover from depression, but it seems to be associated with the absence of relapses. They’re not only getting better, they’re staying better,” said study co-author Helen Mayberg,
