Heston: My Life with Bipolar
Chef Heston Blumenthal looks back at how bipolar disorder has impacted his life. Source link
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NHS billions wasted as bipolar patients left ‘forgotten and failed’
BBC handout When her baby was three weeks old, Emma took an overdose Failing to properly diagnose and treat people with bipolar disorder is wasting billions of pounds a year in the UK, according to new data shared exclusively with the BBC. Experts say many of the estimated million people living with this condition are … Read more
Heston Blumenthal on bipolar: ‘I thought TV was talking to me’
Nathan Briant & PA Media BBC News Barney Cokeliss/PA Media Heston Blumenthal is known for experimental dishes, such as snail porridge and bacon and egg ice cream TV chef and restaurateur Heston Blumenthal said his wife sectioning him was the “best thing” to have happened as he opened up about his bipolar symptoms. The 58-year-old, … Read more
Bipolar Disorder: ‘I hit the fire alarm and evacuated an airport’
Model Rosie Viva was experiencing mania when she triggered the mass evacuation of Stansted Airport. Source link
Bipolar: ‘I had an incredible life, then everything changed’
‘What Is Eating My Mind’, a documentary for BBC Africa Eye, is an insightful and deeply personal story of living with bipolar disorder in Kenya, where the issue of mental health is often taboo. Noella Luka was living out her dream of studying filmmaking in the US when a manic episode turned her life upside … Read more
New Book Brings Information, Hope, to People with Mental Illness
Sept. 7, 2022 – Pooja Mehta began having anxiety and hearing voices when she was 15 years old. “I was fortunate to have incredibly supportive parents who insisted that I get professional help. I was very much against the idea, but I listened to them,” says Mehta, who lives in Washington, DC. She was diagnosed … Read more
Like Son, Like Father: Bipolar Through The Generations
When my life was in decay, my brain on fire, and I was lost in excruciating depression, it was my dad who rescued me. When I was drinking two six-packs of beer or more every night and smoking crack cocaine, it was my dad who flew from Hawaii to Chicago to spearhead my intervention and … Read more
Stabilizing Circadian Rhythm Tied to Lower Suicide Risk in Bipolar Disorder
Jan. 13, 2022 — Social rhythm therapy (SRT), which uses behavioral strategies to support healthy sleep and other routines, is linked to improved mood and reduced suicide risk in young people with bipolar disorder, early research suggests. The small study also showed SRT is both feasible and acceptable in this patient population. Results showed SRT, … Read more
6 Reasons Bipolar Patients Don’t Take Their Meds
By Cara MurezHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Not taking prescribed medications can lead to relapse, hospitalization and increased risk of suicide for people with bipolar disorder, yet many who have this condition do not take their medicines as prescribed. A new study examines why this happens, finding six key factors that … Read more
Is Shock Therapy Returning for Bipolar Disorder?
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Over the years electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) — commonly known as “shock therapy” — has gotten a bad rap. But new research out of Italy suggests that reputation may be unwarranted. Investigators found that among bipolar patients who fail to respond to standard treatments, ECT can be a … Read more