04-02-2007 Media Madness

Thanks to those of you who bird-dogged my recent site tweaks. If anyone notices anything missing or wants to suggest other blogs, let me know.

Man on Lexapro gets worse, docs prescribe Paxil and Risperdal, three days later man jumps off bridge to his death, and his family sues. (Via Psych Data.)

Gianna at Bipolar Blast responds to my earlier posting on recovery.

Kansas Sunflower had a trying weekend adventure with sleep and Seroquel and it resulted in three posts. Here, here and here.

A patient struggles with how to tell her doc that she went off Lithium. Or whether she should even bother. Includes an interesting discussion of how docs and others in the mental health system disrespect patients deemed non-compliant.

Several interesting posts on the bipolar child controversy at The Trouble With Spikol, including this one.

The anti-smoking Nazis continue their campaign to keep people with "serious mental illness" from smoking. If you folks are so concerned about your patients' long-term health, then you were sounding the alarm about Zyprexa when?

Mind Hacks applies a bit of Miltonic verse to CBT. Good point.

Bad Science on some worries over Big Pharma being able to selectively inform doctors about the mechanics of medical conditions such as the mostly-unproven link between serotonin and depression. (Via Mind Hacks.)

For those of you in the DC area, Fred Goodwin and Kay Jamison, authors of the medical textbook Manic-Depressive Illness, will make a joint appearance at the Politcs and Prose bookstore on April 22 at 5 p.m. to discuss the second edition of the work. I cannot think of the last time a bookstore had doctors publicly discuss a medical text. That tells you a lot about just how prominent bipolar disorder, depression and good old manic-depression have become in our culture. I hope a DC reader goes to the event and takes notes.