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Thyroid hormone gives hope to treatment-resistant bipolar, depression

Thyroid hormone gives hope to treatment-resistant bipolar, depression

BP TODAY - Thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (T3) may help hard-to-treat patients with bipolar disorder and depression, as an augmentation agent in existing treatments, a new study says.
The study was carried out by scientists at the Depression & Bipolar Clinic of Colorado. The use of triiodothyronine as an augmentation agent in treatment-resistant bipolar II and bipolar [...]

Posted On: February 17, 2009
Posted In: New treatment, Recent Posts
Research finds link between brain and loneliness

Research finds link between brain and loneliness

Social isolation affects how people behave as well as how their brains operate, a study at the University of Chicago shows.
The research, presented Sunday at a symposium, “Social Emotion and the Brain,” at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is the first to use fMRI scans to study the [...]

New approach may be needed for depression in bipolar patients

New approach may be needed for depression in bipolar patients

Mayo Clinic — In a study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, a team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Mark Frye, M.D., attempted to identify what factors make some people with bipolar depression more likely to experience treatment-emergent mania (TEM).
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a mental illness characterized by [...]