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.

• The Expert Consensus Guideline Series : Treatment (USA) (new)
  

  Web publication of a task group of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The current American consensus on the subject. 

• The Guideline and Algorithms University Texas (USA) (new)
  These guidelines reflect the state of knowledge, current at the time of publication, on effective and appropriate care, as well as clinical consensus judgements when knowledge is lacking. Composed by famous researchers as T.Suppes

   

• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

• Ability of lithium and mood stabilizers to decrease suicide and prevent relapse
  

  Bowden, C.L. (2000). Ability of lithium and mood stabilizers to decrease suicide and prevent relapse. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2(6), 490-494.

• Anticipation in bipolar affective disorder
  

  Alda, M., Grof, P., Ravindran, L., Cavazzoni, P., Duffy, A., Grof, E., Zvolsky, P. & Wilson, J. (2000). Anticipation in bipolar affective disorder: is age at onset a valid criterion? American Journal of Medical Genetics, 96(6), 804-807.

• Cardiovascular risk factors in outpatients with bipolar disorder
  

  Klumper,s U.M., Boom, K., Janssen, F.M., Tulen, J.H. & Loonen, A.J. Pharmacopsychiatry. 2004 Sep;37(5):211-6.
  PMID: 15470799 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• Does ‘rebound mania’ occur after stopping carbamazepine?
  

  Macritchie, K.A. & Hunt, N.J. (2000). Does ‘rebound mania’ occur after stopping carbamazepine? A pilot study. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 14(3), 266-268.

• Dosage and administration issues of antipsychotic agents (...) in the acute stabilization of...
  

  Chengappa, K.N.
  CNS Spectr. 2004 Sep;9(9 Suppl 9):6-10.
  PMID: 15361806 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• A Randomized Trial on the Efficacy of Group Psychoeducation
  

  Francesco Colom et al.., Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2003; 60: 402-407 A Randomized Trial on the Efficacy of Group Psychoeducation in the Prophylaxis of Recurrences in Bipolar Patients Whose Disease Is in Remission.
  Large scale study on psychoeducation which shows that group "psychoeducation is an efficacious intervention to prevent recurrence in pharmacologically treated patients with bipolar I and II disorder".

• The economic burden of bipolar disease
  

  Woods, S.W. (2000). The economic burden of bipolar disease. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61 Supp 13, 38-41.

• An ever-increasing pharmacopoeia for the management of patients with bipolar disorder
  

  Nemeroff, C.B. (2000). An ever-increasing pharmacopoeia for the management of patients with bipolar disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61 Supp 13, 19-25.

• Expanding the group of bipolar disorders
  

  Marneros, A. (2001). Expanding the group of bipolar disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 62(1-2), 39-44.

• Family psychoeducation as an evidence-based practice
  

  Murray-Swank, A.B., Dixon, L. CNS Spectr. 2004 Dec; 9(12): 905-12. PMID: 15616476 [PubMed]

• Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy
  

  Frank E., Swartz H.A. & Kupfer, D.J. (2000). Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy: Managing the Chaos of Bipolar Disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 48, 593-604.

• Long-term observational comparison of risperidone and olanzapine in bipolar disorder
  

  Ghaemi, S.N., Hsu, D.J., Rosenquist, K.J., Katzow, J.J. & Goodwin, F.K.
  Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2004 Apr-Jun;16(2):69-73.
  PMID: 15328900 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• Medication use patterns and 2-year outcome in first-admission bipolar disorder with psychotic...
  

  Craig, T.J., Grossman, S., Mojtabai, R., Gibson, P.J., Lavelle, J., Carlson, G.A., Bromet, E.J.
  Bipolar Disord. 2004 Oct;6(5):406-15.
  PMID: 15383133 [PubMed - in process]

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• New treatments for bipolar disorder
  

  Ghaemi, S.N. (2000). New treatments for bipolar disorder: the role of atypical neuroleptic agents. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61 Suppl 14, 33-42.

• Psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder
  

  Craighead, W.E. & Miklowitz, D.J. (2000). Psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61 Supp 13, 58-64.

• Rationale for long-term treatment of bipolar disorder (...)
  

  Goodwin, F.K. (2002). Rationale for long-term treatment of bipolar disorder and evidence for long-term lithium treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 63 Supp 10, 5-12.

• Strategies to reduce misdiagnosis of bipolar depression
  

  Bowden, C.L. (2001). Strategies to reduce misdiagnosis of bipolar depression. Psychiatric Services, 52(1), 51-55.

• Treating bipolar disorder. Evidence-based guidelines for family medicine
  

  McIntyre, R.S., Mancini, D.A., Lin, P. & Jordan, J.
  Can Fam Physician. 2004 Mar;50:388-94. Review.
  PMID: 15318676 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• 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.

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