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Bipolar Affective Disorder / Manic Depression
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has an information leaflet called Bipolar Affective Disorder
Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
Factsheet from the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Mental Health Foundation
Provide good information about manic depression.
Bipolar disorder
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Bipolar disorder.
MDF The Bipolar Organisation
Support and information for people with manic-depression (bipolar affective disorder).
MDF The Bipolar Organisation (Wales)
Support and information for people with manic-depression (bipolar affective disorder).
Bipolar Fellowship Scotland
Support and information for people with manic-depression (bipolar affective disorder).
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.
Bipolar Parents United Kingdom
An internet discussion forum sponsored by The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation.
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.
Depression Alliance
The largest charity in Britain that is run by and for sufferers of depression and their carers.
Scotland's Mental Health First Aid
This website gives details of a training course which will teach you what to do if someone is having a crisis with their mental health and also how to look after your own mental well-being. Their website gives details of times, locations and what the course involves.
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.
Bipolar disorder
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Further sources / more detailed information
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- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
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- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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Bipolar Disorder and Manic Depression Electroconvulsive Therapy Lithium Managing Depression Mania and HypomaniaUK guidelines related to this topic (^ top of page)
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