bipolar disorder
credentialed information
- National Institute of Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder booklet, info, ongoing research
- National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA) – includes online screening questionnaire
- MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia entry for bipolar disorder (service of National Library of Medicine)
- WebMD’s entry on Bipolar affective disorder
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance – a leading national network
- Harvard Bipolar Research Program – offers information about living with bipolar disorder, including a treatment contract, mood chart, and other tools for patients and clinicians
- Answers.com Guide to Bipolar Disorder
- Healthy Place – a large consumer mental health site
personal recommendation for those in the Seattle Washington area:: Seattle Direct Counseling “Real Counseling for the Real World”
more information
- McMan’s Depression and Bipolar Web – offers articles on depression and bipolar, plus news, links, and more [one of the best with lots of info]
- Wikipedia’s entry on bipolar disorder and famous people with bipolar disorder (some inspiration for how people can still successfully accomplish things and live well)
- Healthline’s comprehensive overview of bipolar disorder as a critical starting point for individuals and/or their loved ones
- about.com‘s info central on bipolar disorder
- Yahoo Info on Bipolar Disorder
- BipolarHome.org – about the conditions, types, and coping
- Bipolar.com – information about clinical research trials
- www.bipolarworld.net – good source of info and support
- SLEEPING is important to managing bipolar…
- about.com articles — Mood Disorders and Sleep; Sleep Issues: “Getting the right amount of sleep is a huge issue for those with bipolar disorder”
- Regular Sleep Helps Improve Bipolar [PsychCentral]
- Managing Sleep: If you have a mood disorder you have sleep issues [John McManamy at mcmanweb.com]
- 10 tips for better sleep
- Bipolar Disorder and Sleep – excerpt from the book, Bipolar II: Enhance Your Highs, Boost Your Creativity, and Escape the Cycles of Recurrent Depression – The Essential Guide to Recognize and Treat the Mood Swings of This Increasingly Common Disorder by Ronald R. Fieve, MD
- Bipolar Disorder Resource and Awareness Network – national and local resources and links to information about symptoms and activism
- Bipolar Disorder Sanctuary – includes newsletter, articles, bulletin boards, and much more
Connections: Communities and Networks
- Top 10 Bipolar Blogs (PsychCentral, Sept 2007)
- Bipolar Planet – NetRing of bipolar bloggers
- Bipolar Speaks – real life stories
- Mike Crawford’s wigging story of being bipolar (software developer)
- Mixed Nuts – good meeting place
- Manic Awareness Network
- Winds of Change – frank and personal look at living with Bipolar Disorder
- A Silver Lining – peer to peer support
- Bipolar Significant Others – for the partners of bipolar people
- Living With Bi-Polar – manic depressive illness can be devastating, but it doesn’t have to be
- LivingManicDepressive, a bipolar and depression website
- Bipolar Disorders Portal: Pendulum Resources
- Bob Olson’s book, Win The Battle: The 3-Step Lifesaving Formula to Conquer Depression and Bipolar Disorder
- Seek His Face – an online book about God’s help for bipolars by Gayle Darhower
[...] DJ Chuang’s page of resources (not necessarily specific to Asians, but has good references) on bipolar disorder; sometimes written from a religious perspective. [...]