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Diagnosing Development
The techniques Port is studying, if they prove successful, will be used in diagnosing people already showing signs of mental illness. But what about others who are predisposed to problems but have not yet begun to exhibit symptoms? Can the MRI technology help to find these people so that they can be helped before symptoms appear?
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Tomorrow: How Bradley Peterson at Columbia University is using MRI to study the brains of infants to understand the complications of premature birth.
Paul Raeburn's most recent book is Acquainted with the Night, a memoir of raising children with depression and bipolar disorder.
Guest (Robert)
I'm developing a documentary film about bipolar disorder and looking for comment, new research papers, experts etc.... please response to:
rmbardy@yahoo.com
thanks!
Robert
Guest (GIna Betti)
Chemical Fingerprints of Mental Illness
Can this technology potentially diagnose Tourettes Syndrome? And then potentially lead to new studies of how to treat it?
Guest (Port and his team )
MRI to detect Bipolar disorder
I have suffered with Bipolar 1 for many years, and have taken meds for depression. They have never worked, so out of fustration I always say i will be alright and stop taking meds altoghther. I am willing to do whatever it takes in a clinical trial, or whatever, so I can get this illiness under control. I think it has gotten even worse since I lost my Mother to cancer 3 months ago.
Please help!
Chris
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Guest (O. Cockburn, Ph.D.)
Dx bipolar with MRI
Mental health provider who thoroughly enjoys reviewing research in my field of interest; however, I may not live long enough to see medically-oriented research put into the hands of its clinical practitioners. You see, it's really all about the money and who is willing to pay for the procedure. "Prevention/early detection" are still outlaw terms for program payors - what a shame!
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Guest (Robert)
documentary film about bd
I'm developing a documentary film about bipolar disorder... perhaps raising awareness of the particular issue you raise would be a good sub-topic to explore in the "what's being done" section of the film...
to lear more about the film, please see:
www.moonbeamgirl.com
I'd appreciate hearing from you.
Robert
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Guest (Barbara)
re: early detection
I am a 38 year old woman with bipolar and have a 12 year old who is most likely bipolar as well. However, with her age, I am not yet willing for her to go into treatment due to the unknown of which is the right/wrong meds, etc. It would be a godsend if this could be used to diagnose people, especially younger people, early so that they do not have to live a life filled with the doubt that comes along with bipolar.
I truly hope to see this come to fruition!
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