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Bipolar Affective Disorder / Manic Depression

UK sources of information and / or support

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Patient UK

Has an information leaflet called Bipolar Affective Disorder

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Mental Health Foundation

Provide good information about manic depression.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Bipolar disorder

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Bipolar disorder.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) MDF The Bipolar Organisation

Support and information for people with manic-depression (bipolar affective disorder).

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) MDF The Bipolar Organisation (Wales)

Support and information for people with manic-depression (bipolar affective disorder).

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Bipolar Fellowship Scotland

Support and information for people with manic-depression (bipolar affective disorder).

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Steady

Steady stands for Support and Training for Elation and Depression in Youth. STEADY is an independant project which runs self mangement courses for 18-25 year olds. STEADY is run by the mental health charity, Manic Depression Fellowship.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Bipolar Parents United Kingdom

An internet discussion forum sponsored by The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Bipolar4All

Information about Bipolar affective disorder contained in an easy toread manner compiled by people who live with the illness all the time.Discuss your experiences and ask questions on our message board forum.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Depression Alliance

The largest charity in Britain that is run by and for sufferers of depression and their carers.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Medicine Guide for Mania and Bipolar Disorder

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

See also the Patient UK depression page.


Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

More detailed medical information

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PS - Health and Poverty

Perhaps the biggest cause of ill health in the world is poverty. Help to Make Poverty History. For example, why not lend some of your money to disadvantaged communities to enable them to trade their way out of poverty through schemes such as Shared Interest.

See also MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East for details and links to campaigns against poverty.

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