Majority of Kids With ADHD Face Mental Health Woes as Adults, Study Shows

Majority of kids with ADHD face mental health woes as adults, study shows
Substance abuse disorder, antisocial personality disorder, hypomanic episodes (such as what might occur when someone has bipolar disorder), generalized anxiety and major depression were the most common disorders found among participants who had … Read more on CBS News

Edward Romero faces sentencing Monday in murder, dismemberment case
During the trial, the prosecution quoted doctors who determined that Romero may have been suffering from bipolar disorder at times, but he was not psychotic or insane. A defense attorney said every doctor Romero had seen noted the same symptoms, but … Read more on The Denver Channel

Common mental disorders share a genetic link
For instance, those in families with a history of bipolar disorder are suggested to have an increased risk of schizophrenia (reported in BioNews 491). Although the SNPs identified in this study cannot predict or diagnose the mental disorders … Read more on BioNews

2010 Bipolar Mood Disorder Prize – Lars Vedel Kessing, MD, DMSc. – Dr. Kessing, from University of Copenhagen, discuses his reasoning for going into psychiatric research and how he wants to help cure disease by his research and methods.