bipolar disorder
This Google Notebook keeps track of my latest finds of articles, resources, links, and quotes that are helpful for those who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, or want to help a family member or someone else with bipolar.
credentialed information
- National Institute of Mental Health: Bipolar Disorder booklet, info, ongoing research
- National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA) - includes online screening questionnaire
- Harvard Bipolar Research Program - offers information about living with bipolar disorder, including a treatment contract, mood chart, and other tools for patients and clinicians
- MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia entry for bipolar disorder (service of National Library of Medicine)
- MedTerms.com medical dictionary (also see focusondepression.com)
- WebMD’s entry on Bipolar affective disorder
- Bipolar Disorders Information Center, a Mental Health InfoSource site (also see archives)
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - a leading national network
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)
- 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
- 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)
- Healthy Place Bipolar Community - good online meeting place
- 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