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News items on 'Bipolar Affective Disorder'
Bipolar experts' EastEnders help
(BBC 29/05/2009)
Researchers at Cardiff University's school of medicine have been helping EastEnders scriptwriters with a storyline on manic depression. In the soap, 19-year-old Stacey Slater has been seen struggling with the symptoms of this mental illness. It becomes apparent she has similar problems to her mother. Also known as bipolar, manic depression causes serious problems in 1% of the population with patients experiencing severe mood swings.
'I didn't know when I married him that my husband had a mental illness'
(Telegraph 01/05/2009)
I have been married for 15 years, and have no children. I am in my mid-forties, and my husband is 10 years older. Two years into my marriage, he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act, and diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He has been in and out of mental institutions ever since, and is more or less stabilised on medication. I am the only person in the past 15 years who has stood by him. His family and our friends dropped us like hot potatoes when his diagnosis was confirmed.
'It all went silent'
(BBC 12/02/2009)
Emma Lindley, 30, returned to work after a period of leave with an episode of bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression. Here, she explains what is was like to come back to the office. Emma was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2000 "My first day back, I stepped into a room of 28 people and the whole office just fell deadly silent. "I had never experienced anything like it. "
(BBC 31/12/2008)
How medics can monitor mental health by text
(BBC 29/09/2008)
When Peter Smith was a young boy he was obsessed with football. But when he hit the age of 19 he and his identical twin David were both diagnosed with mental health problems - both were bipolar. Six years ago, Peter got involved with his local team Hackney FC - set up specifically for mental health patients by occupational therapist Janette Hynes, herself an ex-professional footballer.
Older fathers linked with bipolar
(BBC 02/09/2008)
Older fathers are more likely to have children with bipolar disorder than younger men, research suggests.
Mentally ill 'go without food'
(BBC 12/05/2008)
People with mental health problems are struggling to make ends meet, the charity Mind finds.
Spending sprees plunge mental health patients into chronic debt
(The Independent 11/05/2008)
People with mental health problems are three times more likely to be debt-ridden than the general population as personal borrowing reaches record levels in the UK.
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