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On the Web
- Medication Treatment of Bipolar Disorder 2000 - Reference publication for treating bipolar disorder, aimed at doctors and educators. Based upon a survey of experts.(pdf file)
- Mayo Clinic: Bipolar Disorder - Medical encyclopedia outlines basic facts of this disorder.
- What is Bipolar Disorder? - Learn about different mood episodes, signs and symptoms, treatment options, and tools for living with this disorder.
- Bipolar News From Medical News Today - Feed provides current press releases, news articles, and research summaries on bipolar disorder and its treatment.
- Foundation for Genetic Education and Counseling: Bipolar Disorder - Highlights nonprofit promoting understanding of genetics in relationship to this and other disorders.
- Neuroscience for Kids: Bipolar Disorder - Aimed at young audience, teaches basics, including childhood disorder.
- Bipolar Disorder: Signs, Symptoms and Treatment - In addition to links, fact sheet provides brief summary of illness.
- Northern County Psychiatric Associates: Bipolar Disorder - Essays touch upon various aspects of illness, including childhood disorder.
- Bipolar Disorder - Offering candid opinions on treatment and management of bipolar disorder. Presented by Eli Lilly and Company.
- Trillian's Mental Health Pages - Cycle Of Moods - Information about mood disorders: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline, SAD and Schizoaffective Disorder I, and a mental health links list, humor, quotes and author's own personal story about dealing with life with bipolar disorder.
Wikipedia Articles
- Treatment of bipolar disorder - Bipolar disorder has not currently been cured but it can be managed. The emphasis of the treatment of bipolar disorder is on effective management of the long-term course of the illness, which can involve treatment of emergent symptoms.
- Current diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder - The current diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder is that Bipolar disorder describe a heterogeneous illness--one that comes in many different forms. The frequency and intensity of mood swings varies greatly from one person to the next.
- Maudsley Bipolar Twin Study - The Maudsley Bipolar Twin Study is an ongoing twin study of bipolar disorder running at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. The study is investigating putative differences between people with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and people without the diagnosis.
- Olanzapine - Olanzapine (Zyprexa, Zyprexa Zydis, or in combination with fluoxetine Symbyax) is an atypical antipsychotic, approved by the FDA in 1996 for the treatment of schizophrenia, acute manic episodes in bipolar disorder, acute agitation associated with both these disorders, maintenance treatment in bipolar disorder, and, as the Symbyax formulation, for the treatment of depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder. Off-label uses are listed below.
- List of people affected by bipolar disorder - This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable source citations associating them with bipolar disorder. This list includes only: a) deceased persons; and b) living persons who have been frank about their condition.