Bipolar Disorder: Unmet Needs -- Clinical, Consumer, and Economic
A "Special Report Editor's Column" at Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health - "... While there is no question that we have improved and expanded upon our ability to treat bipolar disorder, our clinical abilities have quite a distance to go to be able to answer the fundamental questions that clinicians grapple with on a daily basis. We are beginning to understand that there are many different types of bipolar disease, each with different phenomenology and probably a different prognosis. As we develop a differential diagnosis for the subtypes of bipolar disease, we must struggle with the differential therapeutics of the subtypes. We have increasing numbers of subtypes and treatments, but we have made relatively little progress on matching them up with each other. " [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].  
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If Sanity Is Forced on a Defendant, Who Is on Trial?
June 21 New York Times story - "...On Monday the Supreme Court said it was possible, but only in special circumstances. After setting out a list of relevant factors, including the probable effects of the drugs and the importance of trying the case, the court sent it back to the trial court to apply the standards. While the court's ruling settled some legal issues, it did little to resolve the larger philosophical questions in the case: how does one define free thought and individual identity in an age when technology has provided the tools to radically alter them? What is the dividing line between the mind and body? What is the nature of personal autonomy?" [Viewing New York Times resources requires registration, which is free].  
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