Bipolar disorders

Generaltop

• Internet Mental Health: Bipolar Disorders
  

  Every disorder listed alphabetically: this is the bipolar disorder section.

• Mental Health Infosource: Bipolar Disorders Information Center
  

  Overviews, comorbidity, transcripts, links.

• National Institute of Mental Health: STEP-BD
  

  A lot of information about STEP-BD: Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder.

Treatmenttop

• To Pharmacotherapy section
  

  Surf to Pharmacotherapy section.

• Ups & Downs is a self-help organisation in Flanders
  

  Ups & Downs is a self-help organisation for people suffering from bipolar disorder and chronic depression. We support both patients and their family members in coping with these illnesses.
  We organise monthly self-help meetings in regional groups in Flanders (the Flemish speaking part of Belgium).

• www.chronorecord.org
  

  Allows patients with the help of a computer to keep track of their mood, sleep, medication, and life events and discussed them with their psychiatrists/psychiatric nurses.

• Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach
  

  A new book by David J. Miklowitz and Michael J. Goldstein about the latest methods in focused psychotherapy.

Conferences and symposiatop

• the 5th International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference (new)
  

  the 5th International Society for Bipolar Disorders Conference,

  The official biennial meeting of ISBD, the premier global bipolar disorder research and advocacy group. The ISBD is committed to diversity and inclusiveness in all its activities, and aims to bring together international scientists and clinicians to advance shared goals.2012. İstanbul,

  Place in İstanbul, Turkey, in 14 - 17 March 2012

   

   

• The 12 th International Review of Bipolar Disorders (new)
  

  The  International Review of Bipolar Disorders
   Is organised by a Group of European experts.

  The 12^th International Review of Bipolar Disorders

  21-23 may 2012,  Nice, France

Conferences and symposia - conference reportstop

• 8th International Conference on Bipolar Disorders 2009, June 25-27, Pittsburgh, PA, USA .
  

  Multimedia lecturer presentations from the 8th Pittsburgh symposium, organised by the Stanley foundation and the ISBD (The International Society for Bipolar Disorders), June 25-27,  2009. Includes abstracts, PowerPoint, and audio presentations.
  

• International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders Meeting 2010, November 17th -19th, Vienna.
  

  Here you can find  the reports of the lectures and the posters. Example my poster as best Poster Prize. IMPROVING COMPLIANCE AND TREATMENT OUTCOME IN BIPOLAR AND SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS BY USING SHORT MESSAGE TEXT SERVICE (SMS). EM van Gent & EAM Knoppert- van der Klein

Guidelinestop

• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
  

  Task group in primary health care in the USA. Extensive coverage of mania differential diagnoses, secondary depression due to other causes,  epidemiology.

• Mood Disorders: Introduction and Overview (H.G. Akiskal MD)
  

  An evaluation of the definitions and diagnostic classifications for bipolar disorders.

• Overview of child and youth psychiatry
  

  The World Wide Handbook on Child and Youth Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines.  Overviews, references. Dutch authors.

• Focus Adolescent Services (Web portal)
  

  Overviews, literature.

• Validation of the Life-Chart Method for longitudinal assessment of bipolar illness
  

  Study by Denicoff, Leverich, Nolen, et al.

Knowledge Centrestop

• Bipolar Disorders Center (USA)
  

  Information for parents of children with bipolar disorders and for adolescents with BD.

• PsychEducation.org (USA)
  

  Bipolar disorder information for doctors and consumers, in particular Bipolar II.

Physical aspectstop

• Dental conditions and long-term lithium maintenance therapy
  

  Study by Friedlander and Birch.

• Mood disorders in neurologic illness
  

  Review by Schneck and Buzan.

• Bipolar disorder heritability (USA)
  

  Bipolar genomic study; research plan.

Patient information and organisationstop

• Bipolar Disorders Center
  

  A series of links to websites, commentary and experiences, by and for patients.

• Bipolar Significant Others (BPSO, USA)
  

  Information for family and friends of people with bipolar disorder.

• Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF, USA)
  

  International organisation of families raising children with bipolar disorder.

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Bipolar Disorder Brochure
  

  This 26 page patient brochure gives an excellent overview of bipolar disorder.  It is also available in PDF and hardcopy formats.

• National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA, USA)
  

  The largest BD patient organisation in the US; Iincludes reviews, campaigns.

• Pendulum (USA)
  

  Active American bipolar disorder information centre and web portal.

• The BiPolar Organisation of patients (UK)
  

  MDF The BiPolar Organisation is a national (UK) user-led organisation and registered charity for people whose lives are affected by manic depression. MDF The BiPolar Organisation aims to enable people affected by manic depression (bi-polar) to take control of their lives through the services that we offer members

• Vlaamse vereniging voor manisch depressieven en betrokkenen
  

  Flemish website for chronic and manic-depressive people and those close to them. The web forum "manic-depressive" is a place to meet to exchange ideas, find mutual support to fight the effects of manic-depression disorder and depression. 

Articles and publicationstop

• Anticipation in bipolar disorder
   

  Debora Brauser (2009) Children of Parents With Bipolar Disorder at High Risk for Earlier Onset, More Comorbidity: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 56th Annual Meeting

• Thesis Bipolar Children
  

   

  Developing bipolar disorder : a follow-up study among children of patients with bipolar disorder / Manon Hubertine Johanna Hillegers.Thesis 2007. Groningen

   

Journalstop

• Bipolar Disorders
  

  Official journal of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. Click on Table of Contents for issues since September 1999. Available online to subscribers; non-subscribers can purchase single articles.

Associationstop