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UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has a leaflet on Bipolar Affective Disorder.
Bipolar Disorder (manic depression)
Information from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Mental Health Foundation
Provide good information about manic depression.
Bipolar disorder
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Bipolar UK
Support and information for people with 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 independent project which runs self management 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 to read 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.
Mental Health Care
Website with information for family members and friends of people who have psychosis, based on the results of research carried out to learn more about the causes of psychosis and to develop better treatments or improve existing ones.
Medicines Guide for Mania and Bipolar Disorder
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Bipolar disorder
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
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.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- 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, 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.