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Lithium 101 . This is a short film we made about the element Lithium. Lithium 101 has lots of little known facts and information about this widley used metal. From atom bombs to mental illness, lithium has many interesting uses in everyday life. It is also used to treat biploar disorder (manic depression).

This video (Episode 2), Beyond Mania and Depression contains additional information about bipolar disorder (manic depression). It is designed to educate people about this form of mental illness. Bipolar disorder effects nearly 1% of the population.

This video (Episode 1) explains the signs and symptoms bipolar disorder (manic depression).
If you suspect that you, or someone you know may be bipolar then you should watch this video. You will learn the common signs and symptoms of this mental illness.

Never Give up On your Dreams.

By Carey Goldberg Globe Staff / October 14, 2008

For decades, scientists seeking genes involved in mental illness reaped mainly frustration. But in recent months, painstaking analysis of the DNA of thousands of patients has yielded important, and surprising, insights into the roots of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism.

Though the findings do not translate into better ways to diagnose or treat patients, researchers say that for the first time they are making real progress.

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James, then 10, had been given a diagnosis of bipolar disorder two years earlier. He was attending a therapeutic day school in another borough and riding more than an hour each way on a school bus, so he came home after Claire. Until James’s arrival that April afternoon, Claire was showing me sketches she had drawn of her Uglydolls and chatting about the Web site JibJab, where she likes to watch goofy videos. At the sound of James’s footsteps outside her bedroom door, she flattened herself behind the barricade. There was a sharp knock. After a few seconds, James’s angry, wounded voice barked, “Forget it,” and the steps retreated.

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WHERE do you draw the fine line between brilliance and madness? That is the question raised by hotshot television producer Adam Boland, who has spoken for the first time about his diagnosis with bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder is the mental illness characterised by huge swings in mood and energy levels.

“When you’re on a high, you feel you can do anything,” says Boland, 32, director of morning television at the Seven Network. “Things that would normally take a week get done in an hour. There’s no stopping you. It’s an exciting state to be in.”

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ScienceDaily (Mar. 13, 2008) — Bipolar Disorder (BPD or manic-depressive illness) is one of the most serious of all mental disorders, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Affected individuals alternate between states of deep depression and mania. While depression is characterized by persistent and long-term sadness or despair, mania is a mental state characterized by great excitement, flight of ideas, a decreased need for sleep, and, sometimes, uncontrollable behavior, hallucinations, or delusions. BPD likely arises from the complex interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors. Unlike some brain diseases, no single gene has been implicated in BPD.

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Like many people with bipolar disorder, Laurel Lemke, 54, of Lakewood, Wash., cycled in and out of hospitals and tried various treatments before being diagnosed and treated with her disorder. Though she will likely never be “cured,” her mental illness no longer is central to her life. Here is how she copes today

If someone had told me when I was in my teens that one day I’d be a spokesperson for a mental health group, I wouldn’t have believed them. Chances are, I wouldn’t have understood them either. When I was 18, I was drowsy on antipsychotics and hospitalized for my first manic attack. But a lot has changed since then, and over the last 36 years I’ve learned how to manage my health. And, as a member of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), I help other people understand mental illness for themselves and their loved ones.

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