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Mania can be confused with ADHD.Child psychiatry researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a small group of preschoolers who appear to suffer from bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness. In findings presented this fall to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the researchers reported they had identified key symptoms that distinguish bipolar disorder from other problems in very young children. Diagnosing bipolar disorder in childhood can be difficult because the manic phase of the illness can be confused with the more common attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The confusion arises because mania and ADHD both involve hyperactivity, irritability and distractibility.

Photo courtesy of HerPlanet Inc.Avoid a holiday-shopping nightmare.Whether it’s a last-minute rush to the mall or a year-long obsession, the quest for the “perfect gift” has the potential to turn holiday shopping into an annual nightmare. A psychologist at Washington University in St. Louis who is an expert on helping people gain control of personal habits, such as smoking and overeating, says many of the same techniques can be used to get a grip on holiday shopping.

A four-star rating from Charity Navigator — the largest independent charity evaluator in America — is the highest score possible. For the fifth consecutive year, Washington University has received a four-star rating, based on an evaluation of two broad areas of financial health.

The Department of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine is hosting a program on strategies to help patients with treatment resistant depression.

Two teams of entrepreneurs have won Washington University’s 2005 Olin Cup. Somark Innovations, Inc. and iMobile Access Technologies, or iMAT, will receive a total of $70,000 in seed funding for their enterprises. An additional $5,000 grant for student projects will be split between two winners: HomeWUrk and Suzanne Shenkman Designs. The awards were announced Dec. 1 at a ceremony featuring Robert J. Skandalaris, founder and chairman of Noble International.

Awards received by Victoria Fraser, Jay Piccirillo and Bradley Evanoff will help the division take a major step forward in educating & training clinical investigators.

He died Nov. 10 of prostate cancer; the survey contributed to a ban on testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere.

ComptonPhysicist Arthur Holly Compton, Ph.D., Washington University’s first faculty member to receive a Nobel Prize (1927), is still getting recognition for his groundbreaking research more than 40 years after his death. The latest acknowledgment comes from the American Physical Society (APS), which has designated Washington University in St. Louis — where Compton did his Nobel Prize-winning research on X-rays — as a site of historical significance to physics. The APS Historic Sites Committee selected Washington University along with four other U.S. sites to be the first listed on the APS’ recently launched Register of Historic Sites. A ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 12 in the Women’s Building Lounge, followed by three talks about Compton beginning at 2 p.m. in Crow Hall, Room 201.

Women’s cross country finishes third nationally The No. 3 women’s cross country team took third place at the NCAA Championship for the second straight season, matching its program-best finish from a year ago. The women were led by junior Beth Herndon and sophomore Tyler Mulkin, who each earned All-America honors. Washington U. totaled 132 points […]

The American Physical Society Historic Sites Committee selected WUSTL along with four other U.S. sites, honoring physicist Arthur Holly Compton.