A Summary of Clinical Issues and Treatment Options: Epidemiology, classifications, diagnosing, comorbidity, age of onset and gender issues, pregnancy and postpartum, medications, treatments, acute mania and mixed states.
Are Migraines and Bipolar Disorder Related: Comparison, comorbidity and treatment considerations.
Are You Bipolar?: Article discusses overdiagnosis of this illness, in part due to newly termed mild bipolar disorder. Includes author's personal perspective. (New York Magazine)
Bipolar Clinic and Research Program: Solicits volunteers for current research studies at a Massachusetts General Hospital clinic.
Bipolar Conference Transcripts: Living with the illness, food, parenting, treatment options, coping, suicide, medications, stability, self-help, children and special education law.
Bipolar Disorder: Signs, treatment, self-support, information and booklist. From the AAFP.
Bipolar Disorder: Symptoms, who gets it, causes, seriousness, electroconvulsive therapy, psychologic and lifestyle approaches and where help can be obtained.
Bipolar Disorder: Essay by a psychiatrist on classification and treatment of mood disorders.
Bipolar Disorder Guide Picks: Causes, diagnosis, information, treatments, support and symptoms.
Bipolar Disorder Info, Treatment Ratings: Summary of illness. Ongoing surveys regarding medication, therapy, and alternative treatment results.
Bipolar Disorders Research Center: Systematic enhancement program, clinical studies and treatment options.
Bipolar Genetics Collaboration: High and low states, inherited, children of sufferers, medical management, psychotherapy, video and join the research.
Center for Genome Research: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, single letter variation in a gene, genotyping, chromosome 11 and neurotrophins.
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: Abstract covering topics such as: developmental considerations, clinical characteristics, naturalistic course, neurobiology, psychopharmacological and psychosocial treatments.
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder: Schizoaffective disorder, mixed episode, rapid cycling and psychotic features.
eMedicine-Bipolar Affective Disorder: History of the illness, pathophysiology, mortality and morbidity, race, sex, age, episodes defined, physical, suicide, homicide and causes.
Friends in High Places: Illness demystified, quotes, observations and medication.
Gaps Exist in Public's Understanding of Bipolar Disorder: Article discusses public's perception of this disorder.
Genetics Research Program: Treatment advances and the findings about chromosome 22.
Health: Conditions, newsletters, directory of practitioners, treatment, issues, resources, books and medicine.
In Transition: Manic Depression and the New Year: A fitting metaphor for a discussion of Bipolar illness.
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions: Symptoms, gene expression, environmental factors and links.
Johns Hopkins Medicine: Moods described, symptom overlap and treatment.
McMan's Articles: Diagnosis, treatment, lifestyle, struggles, stories, suicide prevention, issues and advocacy.
Merck Manual: Symptoms, treatment, maintenance therapy, prevention of rapid cycling, precautions during pregnancy, psychoeducation and psychotherapy.
Psychology Today: Bipolar Disorder: Definition, symptoms, causes and treatment.
Research into Bipolar Disorder: Genetics, environment, research, projects, publications, contact and links.
Seasonal affective disorder drug Wellbutrin XL wins approval (MayoClinic.com): FDA approves of this drug in treatment of this seasonal mood disorder.
Second International Conference on Bipolar Disorder: Pharmacotherapy, child and adolescent bipolarity, psychosocial aspects and genetic findings.
Stanley Center: Research studies, conferences, newsletters and links.
Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program: Five year treatment study funded by National Institute of Mental Health and coordinated by Massachusetts General Hospital.
The Prevalent Clinical Spectrum of Bipolar Disorders: Illness explained, legal and illegal medications, guidelines and treatment.
Thyroid and Bipolar Disorder: The hormone, interactions and treatment.
Ups, Downs and In-Betweens: Manic Depression and Bipolar Disorder, One and the Same: Nomenclature, causes, proper diagnosis, treatment, functional MRIs.
Veritas Medicine: Search for clinical trials, email updates, clinical process, participation in studies, background, safety, pre-enrollment, drugs and placebo.
What is Bipolar Disorder?: Illness categorized, causes, suicide, thinking and memory problems, substance abuse, effects on loved ones, diagnosis, treatment, medication, electroconvulsive and magnetic therapies and links.