Mood disorders are mental disorders characterized by disturbance in one’s mood. The mood disturbance can be severe and can include depression, mania, or hypomania, or any combination of these.
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January 2, 2010 6:00 am | 
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Everything happened so suddenly. The thoughts racing through my head at a hundred miles an hour. Depressing thoughts that would not seem to leave me alone. This was not me. I grew up in a loving family, I’m in a band, I’ve got a great girlfriend. Why am I suddenly sleeping every day and having these suicidal thoughts? I decided to run away from all of it. I packed my backpack with a few things and hit the road. I didn’t have a destination. I didn’t even have a good taste in my mouth about my friends, or family, or what was going to happen to me. Thoughts were foggy and dark. One minute I was thinking about jumping in front of a train, the next minute I would laugh at myself for having such a thought.
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Alcoholic Addict | Alcoholic and Addict | December 14, 2009 6:00 am | Comments (0)
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Column by Maria Jennings Crazy. Manic. Emo. Ask a random pedestrian to describe someone affected by bipolar disorder, and youll hear any of these three adjectives. However, as a UK student diagnosed with this disorder, I refute all of these opinions. Because this week is Mental Illness Awareness Weekdeclared by the National Alliance on Mental Illness I realized how blind people are to the reality of this mental illness. Affecting 222 million adults worldwide, bipolar disorder should be
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