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UCSD Researchers Identify Gene Involved In Bipolar Disorder
June 17, 2003 — Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have identified a specific gene that causes bipolar disorder in a subset of patients who suffer from this debilitating ... > full story -
Gene Variation Raises Risk Of Bipolar Disorder And Schizophrenia
April 25, 2003 — A research team based at the University of Chicago has traced increased susceptibility to bipolar disorder to two overlapping genes found on the long arm of chromosome 13. The study, published in the ... > full story -
Families With Severe Form Of Bipolar Disorder Help Scientists Narrow The Search For Disease Genes
April 1, 2003 — After years of frustrating searches for genes that contribute to mental illness, researchers at Johns Hopkins studying families with a severe form of manic depressive illness, called psychotic ... > full story -
Stanford Researchers Establish Link Between Creative Genius And Mental Illness
May 22, 2002 — For decades, scientists have known that eminently creative individuals have a much higher rate of manic depression, or bipolar disorder, than does the general population. But few controlled studies ... > full story -
Discovery That Common Mood Disorders Are Inherited Together May Reveal Genetic Underpinnings
January 10, 2002 — The genetic underpinnings of panic disorder and manic depressive (bipolar) illness have long eluded scientists. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins studying the inheritance patterns of these conditions ... > full story -
UT Southwestern Researcher Investigates Acupuncture For Treatment Of Patients With Bipolar Disorder
December 18, 2001 — Dr. Tricia Suppes has long been concerned about the 1.9 million Americans with bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness. That’s why she’s investigating a new use for an ... > full story -
Bipolar Disorder In Children Appears More Severe Than In Most Adults
June 15, 2001 — Child psychiatry researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report that bipolar disorder — formerly called manic-depressive illness — can occur in children as ... > full story -
Difficult Mood Disorder Successfully Treated; Largest Study Proves Effectiveness Of Lamotrigine For Rapid Cycling Manic-Depression
December 14, 2000 — According to the largest and only prospective placebo-controlled study in patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder (manic depression), a drug called lamotrigine is safe and effective in ... > full story -
Genes Play A Bigger Role In Women's Depression Than In Men's, Twin Study Finds
July 27, 1999 — Researchers in St. Louis, Chicago and Australia now have studied depression in a community sample of 2,662 pairs of same-gender and mixed-gender twins. Stressful events such as the death of a spouse ... > full story -
Developmental Neurovirology Specialty Unveiled At The Johns Hopkins Children's Center
October 8, 1998 — At a ceremony today, the Johns Hopkins Children's Center will dedicate the first pediatric research center designed to pinpoint links between severe mental illness and early childhood viral ... > full story -
Meeting On Viral Origins Of Psychiatric Conditions
September 30, 1997 — The Stanley Neurovirology Laboratory at Johns Hopkins hosts the third annual symposium examining the role viruses may play in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. October 23-25, Bethesda, ... > full story
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