1. Pendulum Resources: Your Gateway To Bipolar Disorders On The Web. Information, articles, research, books, humor and links.Category Health Mental Health Disorders Mood bipolar disorder......Manic Depression, AKA bipolar disorder, is a highly disruptive andsometimes deadly brain disorder. Since 1994, Pendulum Resources http://www.pendulum.org/

Pendulum The Web Powered by WhatUSeek Best Bipolar Pages Mental Illness Chinese Style Best Things to Say ... More Please be sure to use our Support Page for support and bipolar questions. Pendulum Resources has a new look. Information has been updated and new pages added. See the left column of this page for quick links. WOW!!! Check out recent traffic data at Alexa.com The NIMH-funded Bipolar Genome Study is still underway at the Washington University School of Medicine. If you are bipolar and have a sibling who is also bipolar, please consider taking part in this study. The Washington University School of Medicine is also conducting a Unipolar Depression Study. Although Unipolar Depression can be cyclic there is still some disagreement as to whether it should be classified as a bipolar disorder. WUSTL is also conducting a Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia study. It is my hope that this kind of study will enable medical researchers to find safer, more effective treatments for Mental Illness and brain disorders. Please participate if you can. Unapologetic plug: my friend Tom at HWY61 created the new Pendulum logo. A link is on the way, but in the meantime, please visit his wife's

2. Joy Ikelman's Info On Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression) Terminology, experience, treatment, statistics, education, book and movie lists.Category Health Mental Health bipolar disorder Personal Pages...... bipolar disorder. The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is alwaysthe first to be touched by the thorns. Suicide and bipolar disorder. http://www.frii.com/~parrot/bip.html

Terminology My Experience Treatments Suicide ... Resources/Links Last updated: 02 April 2002 Bipolar Disorder The heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touched by the thorns. Basic Terminology Bipolar disorder is the medical name for manic depression. The terms may be used interchangeably. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness, but it is more appropriately described as a neurobiological brain disorder involving extremes in mood. It is one of the three major affective (mood) disorders . The other two affective disorders are unipolar disorder (depression only) and schizoaffective disorder. Most medical researchers believe that bipolar disorder is genetic. Click here to read the criteria for bipolar disorder from the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Click here to read the ICD-10 Classifications for Bipolar Disorder, from the World Health Organization. The DSM or ICD criteria are merely guidelines, sort of like a check-off list of symptoms. Newly-diagnosed people will sometimes go to the library or bookstore to learn about bipolar disorder. They are likely to get very confused by what they read, and wonder if the psychiatrist made a mistake! This is because bipolar disorder may be quite complex in its variations, a fact that the popular literature doesn't always address. Each individual has her or his own unique form of the illness. Some people have mild manias, called

3. NIMH - Bipolar Disorder An introduction to bipolar disorder from the Mayo Clinic. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolar.cfm

Bipolar Disorder Print version (*pdf format, 26 pages, 395KB) NIH Publication No. 02-3679 Printed 2001, Reprinted September 2002 Introduction What Are the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder? Suicide What Is the Course of Bipolar Disorder? ... References ipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function. Different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through, the symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe. They can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even suicide. But there is good news: bipolar disorder can be treated, and people with this illness can lead full and productive lives. More than 2 million American adults, or about 1 percent of the population age 18 and older in any given year, have bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder typically develops in late adolescence or early adulthood. However, some people have their first symptoms during childhood, and some develop them late in life. It is often not recognized as an illness, and people may suffer for years before it is properly diagnosed and treated. Like diabetes or heart disease, bipolar disorder is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a person's life. "Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. It is an illness that is biological in its origins, yet one that feels psychological in the experience of it; an illness that is unique in conferring advantage and pleasure, yet one that brings in its wake almost unendurable suffering and, not infrequently, suicide.

4. NIMH - Bipolar Disorder Picture of the NIMH logo, bipolar disorder. This booklet answers many commonquestions about bipolar disorder. Current Studies on bipolar disorder. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolarmenu.cfm

Bipolar Disorder This booklet answers many common questions about bipolar disorder. Current research-based information is provided for people with bipolar disorder, their family members and friends, and the general public about the symptoms and diagnosis of bipolar disorder, possible causes, treatments, clinical studies, and information resources. A tear-out bookmark features suggestions for reducing symptoms, avoiding relapse, and improving quality of life. View Print NIH Publication No. 02-3679 Printed 2001, Reprinted September 2002 FOR THE PUBLIC Bipolar Disorder A booklet that answers many common questions about bipolar disorder. A story of bipolar disorder: Does this sound like you? An easy-to-read booklet. Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: An Update from the NIMH Information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. Going to Extremes: Bipolar Disorder , Science on Our Minds 2001 A one page fact sheet developed for the White House Conference on Mental Health. Bipolar Disorder Research at NIMH A detailed fact sheet reviewing recently published and ongoing research on bipolar disorder funded by the NIMH.

5. Bipolar Disorder - Manic Depressive Illness From Diagnosis To Medications bipolar disorder. Depressive Episode http://bipolar.about.com/

zfp=-1 About Bipolar Disorder Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting Bipolar Disorder with Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') Subjects ESSENTIALS Answers and Info You Want Bipolar Support and News About YOU ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement In The Spotlight Sun, Mar 30, 2003 Bipolar Wins at the Oscars "The Hours," a film about author Virginia Woolf, who suffered from manic-depressive psychosis, received nine Oscar nominations including best picture, plus a best actress WIN for Nicole Kidman, who played Woolf. Here's a mini-bio of Woolf. More: Bipolar Celebrities - Lives of famous people with BP. Easing Anxiety Naturally Guest author JoAnn Revak explores methods to ease anxiety by discharging tension and gives a beginners' exercise in breath work. These techniques can be useful whether you are taking anti-anxiety medications or not. How to Manage Your Medications Often people who have bipolar disorder take a lot of pills every day. Here are ways to make sure you take the right pill at the right time and learn what you should know about your medications. Did You Know?

6. Bipolar Disorders Information Center Visitors can read about bipolar disorder from related publications or have their questions answered by Mental Health Infosource experts. http://www.mhsource.com/bipolar

Bipolar Insights Bipolar Expert Mood Disorder Questionnaire Latest Articles: Substance Use, Bipolar Disorder and Suicide Overview of Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Childhood

7. Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation Mission, goal, become a member or donor, guidelines for journalists, publications, press releases, Category Health Mental Health bipolar disorder Children and Teens...... with fulltext library, resource center, and virtual community center for familiesof children and adolescents with bipolar disorder and professionals who http://www.bpkids.org/

"Early intervention and treatment offers the best chance for children with bipolar disorder to achieve stability, gain the best possible level of wellness, and grow up to enjoy their gifts and build upon their strengths. Proper treatment can minimize the adverse effects of the illness on their lives and the lives of those who love them." ....from "About early-onset bipolar disorder" Front Desk Learning Center Community Center ... CABF People

8. Bipolar Disorder: Perspectives On Diagnosis And Treatment Family therapy, suicide, diagnostic considerations, for adults, children and adolescents. http://www.baltimorepsych.com/Bipolar.htm

Bipolar Disorder Is It AD/HD or Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar Disorder: Calming the Storms The Wide Spectrum of Mood Disorders Medication Treatment for Bipolar Disorder ... Mood Swings and Drugs Search our Site by Key Words and Phrases Enter the word or phrase to search for: Only match whole words Not sure of how a word is spelled? Enter the first few letters of the word: Bipolar Disorder: Calming the Storms Glenn Brynes, Ph.D., M.D. Mood, like the weather, is always changing. For most people, the emotional climate remains within predictable limits—not too high and not too low. For a person with bipolar disorder the barometer of life will at times seem to fall from a temperate normal mood, to the bleak chill of depression. It can also shoot up to the bright heights of hypomania or beyond to the brilliant blaze of mania. Bipolar Disorder, as its name suggests, is a condition characterized by periods of high mood in addition to the low moods that occur in the more common “unipolar” depression. Studies show that 1.5% of the population will have at least one hypomanic or manic episode in their adult lives. When a person is hypomanic, they may feel unusually good and competent, or simply irritable. Their thoughts race and consequently their speech is often pressured; they may be distractible and flit from topic to topic. They apply their heightened energy to multiple projects. Sleep seems less necessary. There is a drive for pleasurable activities with uncharacteristic disregard for risk. Friends and relatives who know the person recognize that they are behaving differently—out of character. If the symptoms are so severe that they cause marked impairment in work or social functioning, then the condition is called mania.

9. Home Page Q A, organizations, first episode and resources. http://www.courtcastle.com/bpd3m/index.htm

RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE ILLNESS, FIND RELIEF FROM THE SYMPTOMS, AND HAVE A LIFE WORTH LIVING. Did you know that in the U.S. approximately one percent of the population has a bipolar disorder — also called manic-depressive illness — characterized by mood cycles of depression and mania or hypomania? Because bipolar illness has genetic tendencies, it affects those from all walks of life, but the majority of persons with the illness doesn't seek help. But this doesn't have to be! For someone with bipolar disorder, education and knowledge about the illness are necessary for successful treatment. This web site offers a way out. Reach out and take it. Answers to common questions Articles from various sources. My background and experience. My first mood episode described ... General Help Page Every day can be like a day at the beach! Reference List #1 - Reference List #2 - About prescription medications used in treatment.

10. The Write Brain - Issue 9 Links to a broad range of information relating to depression and bipolar disorder, including numerous search engines written primarily for consumers. http://www.thewritebrain.org/thow9903.html

Steven Thow's Mental Health Resources - Depression/Bipolar Disorder by Steven Thow Steven's article has won Mental Health Net's 3-Star Rating Award and PsychWatch.Com's award! The following questions were some of the more common issues raised and discussed on Mental Health InfoSource's Bipolar Disorder Mailing List where I regularly post articles regarding treatments of Bipolar Disorder as well as new developments as they arise. All of the links on this page have been checked and were accurate at time of writing.. If anyone should find any links which do not still work, or have been changed, please email me at: stevent@total.net Last updated: 9/29/99 The medical and health information links presented on this website are meant for general educational purposes only and are not intended as a substitute for consultation with your physician or other healthcare professional. Any information taken from the web cannot be assured of it's accuracy. If you have, or think you have, a medical problem or symptom, please consult a qualified physician. Index: What is the truth about mental illness?

11. DSM-IV Criteria For Bipolar Disorder Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, classifications for bipolardisorder and related brain disorders. DSMIV Criteria for bipolar disorder. http://www.frii.com/~parrot/dsm.html

DSM-IV Criteria for Bipolar Disorder Bipolar I Disorder Bipolar II Disorder Major Depressive Episode Manic Episode ... Hypomanic Episode The definitions given below are from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, 1994 (American Psychiatric Association, 1400 K Street NW, Suite 1101, Washington, DC 20005-2403 USA). Most libraries in the United States have copies of this publication. Go back to Joy's bipolar information page Bipolar I DisorderDiagnostic Features (DSM-IV, p. 350) The essential feature of Bipolar I Disorder is a clinical course that is characterized by the occurrence of one or more Manic Episodes or Mixed Episodes. Often individuals have also had one or more Major Depressive Episodes. Episodes of Substance-Induced Mood Disorder (due to the direct effects of a medication, or other somatic treatments for depression, a drug of abuse, or toxin exposure) or of Mood Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition do not count toward a diagnosis of Bipolar I Disorder. In addition, the episodes are not better accounted for by Schizoaffective Disorder and are not superimposed on Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform Disorder, Delusional Disorder, or Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. . . . Bipolar II DisorderDiagnostic Features (DSM-IV, p. 359)

12. UCLA Mood Disorder Research Program Conducts research studies on bipolar disorder, major depression, and mood disorders specific to women. Includes research, descriptions, resources and specific issues related to these illnesses. http://www.npi.ucla.edu/uclamdrp/

Home About Us Mood Disorders Research ... Contact David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Mood Disorders Research Program 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 1544, Los Angeles, CA 90095 310-794-9913

13. Emental-health.com, Mental Health Matters Information, news and discussion about schizophrenia and related psychoses, Alzheimer's disease and dementias, depression, and bipolar disorder. http://www.emental-health.com/

Clinical update emental-health.com Welcome to emental-health.com , a major new mental health website with information, news and discussions relevant to schizophrenia and related psychoses, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, depression and bipolar disorder. If this is your first time visiting this site, in order to gain access to all articles, newsitems, discussion forums and other features, you need to register. You can do so by clicking the button below. If you have already registered, you can login below. Fill in your username and password which you received by e-mail and click the 'login' button. You can also tick the box 'remember me' and on future visits to the site you will be automatically logged in. If you have forgotten your password, click here to have it resent to you Username: Password: Remember me Emental-health.com is committed to providing good information on and to challenging the stigma of a wide range of mental illnesses. It is endorsed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Changing Minds Campaign CNRC Interested in research Study Partition?

14. Depression And Bipolar Support Alliance DBSA Forums Drop in to learn from others and share your experiences aboutliving with depression and bipolar disorder on the DBSA message boards. http://www.dbsalliance.org/

Register Now and Save! DBSA's 16th Annual Conference August 15-17, 2003 Long Beach, California Click for Details! What is important to you? Click here to complete an important survey about depression and bipolar disorder research. Art Contest Kids and teens - have your art published in a booklet for kids on bipolar disorder and depression! Click for more info... DBSA Chat Our newest interactive tool is online! DBSA's online chat rooms provide a place where you can have real-time conversations about your experiences with mood disorders. We have rooms for both patients and their loved ones. Click here to enter DBSA Chat Do you like your doctor? Would you recommend your doctor, therapist, or other mental health professional to others? If so, please help us build our database of Patient to Patient Recommendations. Mental Health News Click here for headlines and news stories relating to depression, bipolar disorder, and other mental health issues. Bipolar Resource Kits Information for patients and families who need more information. View kit materials.

15. Psychiatry 24x7 For The UK Contains resources for, with specific focus, on schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety. Provides live psychiatry news links, education, ecards, quizzes and polls. http://www.psychiatry24x7.co.uk/

16. Bipolar Disorder Sanctuary - Books, Education, Communities Articles, chat, family chat, bulletin boards for bipolars and families, ICQ lists, stories, clinician's Category Health Mental Health bipolar disorder Support Groups......Dr's bipolar disorder (manic depression) archive, articles, books, research,newsletter, community, family section, clinician's forum, and more. http://www.mhsanctuary.com/bipolar/

Bipolar Disorder Articles includes: Bipolar Criteria Self-Care FAQs BP Research Consumer Personal Stories BPs Speak Out Support BP Sanctuary Includes: Contact Us Links About Us Awards Webrings Fun Stuff Email Volunteers We cannot answer letters from consumers and families due to amount of traffic from the websites and the time spent maintaining and upgrading the websites. However we have email volunteers available for you. Be a Hero, Be an Email Volunteer! We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation Featured Bipolar Disorder Books The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide (This book talks to you, not at you, without being pompous or talking over your head. The author keeps the flow of the text like a friend, explaining a new condition, not a life sentence, and helps find a way to build your life around the diagnoses. This is truly an uplifting and helpful format that the author has used and I recommend it to anyone, newly diagnosed, long time dealing with it, or family or friend).

17. Mood Shifts ...a Mental Health Book Store And Library Books on mental health issues, stories, resources and workbooks. Manic depression, bipolar disorder, depression, ECT, panic attacks, eating disorders, and other mental health subjects. http://www.mentaljokes.com/mood_shifts.html

M ood Shifts is a album of some of the highest regarded and most popular books on mental health for patients, family and friends, students, medial specialists and anyone truly concerned in the mental health field. Education is power... the power to dim stigma and to change our world from ourselves outward... To keep inform is to never give up... to keep fighting until the answers are more clear ...the miracle of a cure is found, the understanding of a loved one better.... quickie poll htmlGEAR.com *If you would like to see more information on any of these books, or, you would like to purchase one, simply click onto the book or the title of the book, (whichever is shown) Touched With Fire , Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament. Kay Redfield Jamison. This book informs it's readers of the biological foundations of manic depression and then relates it to artists who have the illness as well. Just a few of the artists in this book include, Byron, Van Gogh, Schumann and Woolf. It is 400 pages long and it is published by Macmillian Publishing 20% off! Everything You Need to Know about Anger Renora Licata. Synopsis Discusses the causes of anger and its ill effects on people, as well as ways to control it.

18. Mental Help Net - Bipolar Disorder Introduction Staff. bipolar disorder, also known as manicdepression,affects at least 2 million Americans at any given time. The http://bipolar.mentalhelp.net/

SEARCH: Other Search Engines Send This Page... Mental Help Net Advertising Feedback Jobs Email ... Awards and Affiliations A service of Center Site, LLC 570 Metro Place Dublin, OH 43017 NEWSLETTER Create, Edit, or Delete Your Newsletter Account RESOURCES Community News Book Reviews Psych Self-Help ... Therapists/Clinics SERVICES Conferences List Practice/Clinic Search Jobs Post Jobs ... Topic Home · Related: Mental Disorders Introduction Staff Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression, affects at least 2 million Americans at any given time. The disorder is characterized by alternating periods of extreme moods. A person with Bipolar disorder experiences cycling of moods that usually swing from being overly elated or irritable (mania) to sad and hopeless (depression) and then back again, with periods of normal mood in between. For those who have this disorder, it can be extremely distressing and disruptive. The frequency of the swings between these two states, and the duration of the mood, varies from person to person. Bipolar disorder typically begins in adolescence or early adulthood and continues throughout life. It is often not recognized at first as a serious disorder, and people who have it may suffer needlessly for years or even decades. This disorder is not a character flaw, and it is not your fault. It is a serious mood disorder that affects a person's ability to function in every day activities. It affects one's work, one's family, and one's social life.

19. Bipolar Disorder - Suite101.com Information, mailing list, medication and support. http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/mental_health

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20. Bipolar Disorder - Manic-Depression Bipolar (ManicDepressive) Disorder. An introduction to bipolar disorder from theMayo Clinic. Answers to frequently asked questions about bipolar disorder. http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.bipolar.html

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