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Bipolar Disorder |
Manic-Depressive Illness |
For other uses of the term, see: Bipolar Bipolar disorder (previously known as manic depression) is a diagnostic category describing a class of mood disorders in which the person experiences states or episodes of depression and/or mania, hypomania, and/or mixed states. Left untreated, it is a severely disabling psychiatric condition. The difference between bipolar disorder and unipolar disorder (also called major depression) — for the purpose of this introduction — is that bipolar dis ...
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Resources
- About Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder (Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation)
- Accommodating Workers with Bipolar Disorder (Job Accommodation Network)
- Ask NOAH About: Antipsychotic Medicines Fact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: Bipolar Disorder (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: GabapentinFact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: LamotrigineFact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: Mental Health, CaramazepineFact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: Mental Health, Lithium Fact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Ask NOAH About: Valproate Fact Sheet (New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH))
- Bipolar Depression (Cleveland Clinic)
- Bipolar Disorder (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Bipolar Disorder (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Bipolar Disorder (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Bipolar Disorder (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Bipolar Disorder (Medline Plus)
- Bipolar Disorder (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
- Bipolar Disorder (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Bipolar Disorder (National Institutes of Health)
- Bipolar disorder (MayoClinic)
- Bipolar Disorder (Cleveland Clinic)
- Bipolar Disorder (Cleveland Clinic)
- Bipolar disorder (Google Health)
- Bipolar Disorder (Nemours Foundation)
- Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness) in Teens (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
- Bipolar Disorder - Signs and Symptoms (National Mental Health Association)
- Bipolar Disorder and African Americans (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
- Bipolar Disorder Research at the National Institute of Mental Health (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Bipolar Disorder: Rapid Cycling and Its Treatment (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Bipolar Personal Calendar (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
- Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: An Update from the National Institute of Mental Health (National Institute of Mental Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Bipolar Disorder (National Institutes of Health)
- Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder (Google Health)
- Dealing Effectively with Bipolar Disorder (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Depression (Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS)
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Depression Research at the National Institute of Mental Health (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Development and validation of a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder: the Mood Dis (Google Health)
- Dual Diagnosis and Recovery (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Educational Needs of a Child or Adolescent with Bipolar Disorder (Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation)
- Find a Support Group in Your Community (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
- Finding a Mental Health Professional: A Personal Guide (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Finding Peace of Mind: Medication and Treatment Strategies for Bipolar Disorder (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- GABAergic interneurons: implications for understanding schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (Google Health)
- Gene Hunting (Mental Illnesses) (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Glossary (Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation)
- Going to Extremes: Bipolar Disorder (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Healthy Lifestyles: Improving and Maintaining the Quality of Your Life (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Helping a Friend or Family Member with a Mood Disorder (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- How Biological Clocks Work (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Is It Just a Mood or Something Else? (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Lithium (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Medications (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Mental Health Professionals Listed by Insurance Company (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
- Mental Health Providers: Making the Right Choice (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Mental Health Services Locator (National Mental Health Information Center, SAMHSA, HHS)
- Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents)
- Mood Disorder Questionnaire (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
- Mood Disorders (National Mental Health Information Center, SAMHSA, HHS)
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Mental Health Association
- NIMH Clinical Trials (National Institute of Mental Health Information Center)
- Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Storm in My Brain:Kids and Mood Disorders (Bipolar Disorder and Depression) (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Story of Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness) [Easy-to-Read] (National Institute of Mental Health) - Links to PDF File (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Suicide Prevention and Mood Disorders (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Treating Mood Disorders in Drug Abuse Patients Yields Improvements in Both Conditions (National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, HHS)
- Una historia personal sobre el trastorno bipolar (National Institute of Mental Health Information Center)
- Understanding Treatment Challenges: Finding Your Way to Wellness (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Wellness at Work (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- What Is Bipolar Disorder? A Guide to Hope and Recovery for African Americans (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
- Women's Mental Health Consortium (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, HHS)
- You've Just Been Diagnosed...What Now? (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) - Links to PDF File
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