Harbor of Refuge: Bipolar Disorder
(Manic-Depression) Links Page
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This links page represents an effort to create a comprehensive index to bipolar-related resources on the Internet. The goal is to break each individual major site down by content-related links to allow you to see what each site has to offer, and to identify smaller sites that serve specific interests. This is a work in progress. Additional resources and a more user-friendly indexing system are in the works. Your suggestions for useful links and new categories are much appreciated. Please include site names and the URL addresses in your message. Thanks in advance for your patience while we construct this site, and for your help. Please send suggestions to Harbormaster@Harbor-of-Refuge.org. |
Comprehensive Bipolar Resources WebsitesThe Bipolar Research Program is a clinical research unit dedicated to the understanding, and treatment of Bipolar Illness. It is also active in the education and training of mental health professionals and the public at large regarding the nature, treatment, and prevention of Bipolar Disorder . The program is located at the Massachusetts General Hospital. For more information contact us at: Harvard Bipolar Research Program Mailing Address: WACC 812,15 Parkman Street Boston, MA 02114 Location: 50 Staniford Street, 4th Floor Boston, MA 02114 Phone (617) 726-6188 FAX (617) 724-3028 or e-mail us at: shriver@helix.mgh.harvard.edu Resource and Links Pages on Bipolar Disorder and Other Mood Disorders The Bipolar Disorders Clinic is part of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Our research focuses on identifying biological markers of Bipolar Disorder (manic depressive illness), which can be used to predict medication treatment response. We also conduct a range of research aimed at optimizing medical and psychological care for individuals with this disease. We are committed to the support and education of our patients, their families and our community.
The Stanley Center for Innovative Treatment of Bipolar Disorder The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, located at 940 Commonwealth Avenue West, Boston, MA 02215, is affiliated with Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling at Boston University. The Center is a Research, Training, and Service organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons who have psychiatric disabilities by improving the effectiveness of people, programs, and service systems. National Institute of Mental Health Website The National Institute of Mental Health is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal Government's primary agency for biomedical and behavioral research. National Institute of Mental Health Clinical Research Studies Direct link to the research studies being conducted with Bipolar Disorder and others.
Mental Health Net Bipolar Pages Psychiatrist Dr. Ivan Goldberg's Depression and Manic Depression site. Many pages, arranged as dozens of resource pages & links. Below is just a sampling of relevant categories.
National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association
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National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association 730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 501 Chicago, IL 60610-3526 Phone: 800/826-3632 or 312/642-0049 Fax: 312/642-7243
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill 200 North Glebe Road, Suite 1015 Arlington, Virginia 22203-3754 Toll Free Helpline-1-800-950-NAMI (6264) Front Desk - (703) 524-7600 Facsimile - (703) 524-9094 TDD - (703) 516-7991
The Mining
Company Guide to Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Kids Website A site for kids with bipolar and the parents that love them. They are also starting a mailing list please send a message to them if you would like to join at: bpparents@geocities.com Sounds like there is a lot of information to share. Check it out especially you parents out there. Steven Thomas' Mental Health Resources - Depression/Bipolar Disorder Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) provides information about mental health via a toll-free telephone number (800-789-2647), and more than 200 publications. CMHS developed KEN for users of mental health services and their families, the general public, policy makers, providers, and the media.
The Georgia Childhood Bipolar Foundation is a parent run organization that supports, educates and advocates for children who have or are at risk for early onset bipolar disorder.
Support Organizations In Person Support with local chapters nationwide The National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association (NDMDA)
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Support Organizations - Online Harbor of Refuge Support for People with Bipolar Illness and the people who love them
FountainGrove Integrative Health Group,
The Bipolar Bears Club An online community for Bipolar Disorder patients, their family, friends, and loved ones. Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation An online resource to aid you in the early treatment for your child with bipolar illness. Support For Family and Friends of People with Bipolar Disorder National Alliance for the Mentally Ill National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association BPSO Web Site Site for Bipolar Persons' Significant Others, includes e-mail list Parents of Bipolar Children A website and support list for parents of bipolar childrenBP CAT Homepage Helping parents deal with BiPolar Disorder in their Children and TeensWhat to Do When A Friend is Depressed: A Guide for Teenagers General Mental Health Resources
Mental Health Net Frequently
Updated Online Magazine; Mental Health News and Views; Personal Web Pages of People with Bipolar Disorder
A Manic
Depression Primer Dimitri Mihalas
Plain Talk About Depression
Mental Health Consumer Groups American Psychological Association American Psychiatric Association American Psychiatric Nurses Association
National Rehabilitation
Association Institutional Bipolar-Related Webpages
Outta My Head and In Your Face by: Mara
McWilliams
This book of selected poems and
artwork reflect the journey I went through as an undiagnosed bipolar person to
diagnosis through acceptance of my illness and sexuality. Like newsgroups, Bulletin Boards have become a pay for use web access. Contact your internet provider to find out of they supply bulletin board or newsgroup access. Maillists are a way of sharing information and support through e-mail. Generally hundreds of people subscribe to a maillist. When any member of that list sends a piece of e-mail to the list, it is shared with everyone else. Some people find these lists very helpful. However, given that you might sometimes receive in excess of 100 e-mails a day, an e-mail list may or may not be your preferred means of support. For information about the contents of each list, and how to subscribe, follow the links to the websites below. Bipolar Disorder Lists FyrenIyce Website, Australia's Premier Bipolar Website
Newsgroups are an Internet medium, also known as Usenet, which can be accessed through special software -- sometimes standalone, sometimes attached to a browser, or sometimes attached to the browsing software provided by your ISP. After searching for topics that interest you, you can subscribe to a newsgroup, and then can retrieve the dispatches that other people have sent about topics of common interest. Newsgroups can be very valuable, or they can be filled with hundreds of often extraneous postings that venture far off-topic. The only way to discover if the net result works for you is to subscribe for a few days. You can check with your internet provider to see if they still supply newsgroup access, though most of newsgroups are on a pay per use basis, so I have removed the links.
Harvard Bipolar Research Program
Stanley Center for the Innovative
Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
National Alliance for Research on
Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) An alliance of the National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill, National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association, National Mental Health Association, and the Schizophrenia Reseach Foundation,
raising and distributing funds for research
Suicide Awareness\Voices of
Education
The
Manic-Depressive & Depressive Association of Boston Local Organization Websites -- International New Zealand Manic Depressive Support National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Books and Book Reviews, Ordering Service Pendulum Resources: Young People and Bipolar Illness
Manic-Depressive
Illness in Teens American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry People With Disabilities - A Place of Our Own designed by a couple seeking increased understandings about mental and physical disabilities (he has bipolar disorder, she has spinal bifada)
Help with Social Security Claims: A place for help filing for Social Security Disability Americans With Disabilities Act U.S. Department of Justice: ADA Home Page Vocational and Rehabilitation Resources Social Security and Disability Drug Treatment and Other Pharmacological Information
PharmInfoNet Home Page Substance Abuse and Bipolar Illness Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Issues and Treatments Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Institute, Inc. Information on newly-found treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which may alleviate bipolar symptoms in cases where post traumatic stress and bipolar disorders are comorbid (simultaneously occurring) Profile in Courage: Renowned Expert
on Bipolar Illness, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, Comes
Out As Bipolar herself
This is one site: There are so many programs today it would be impossible to list them all. Even most of the manufacturers have free med links on them.
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