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Topics:

Bipolar Illness

• "Acceptance" By Julie Fast

• Anxiety Disorder Comorbidity in Bipolar Disorder Patients: Data From the First 500 Participants in the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD)

• A Review of Mood Disorders Among Juvenile Offenders

• Bipolar Disorder - New Evidence of Brain Chemistry Abnormalities

• Bipolar disorder: the hidden epidemic

• Complex Features of Bipolar Disorder

• Dealing with family tensions caused by bipolar disorder

• Determined Davie woman beats bipolar disorder

• Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families

• Helping Bipolar Disorder Families Understand

• How To Explain Bipolar Disorder to Others

• IMAGES OF BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA

• Imaging Tool May Help Physicians Diagnose Bipolar Disorder

• Julie Fast Interview on Doctors, the Illness, the Impact and Stigma

• Mentally ill not more violent unless they use drugs, alcohol

• MR spectroscopy may be best bipolar-disorder gauge

• MRIs find signs in bipolar brains

• Paranoid Thoughts and How to Deal with Them!

• Regaining Perspective

• Scans May Spot Bipolar Disorder: Can detect metabolic differences in key areas of brain

• Substance Abuse Relapses: Could It Be a Dual Diagnosis?

• The Expert Consensus Guideline Series: Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

• Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families (PDF)

Bipolar Type I

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Bipolar Type II

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Bipolar Rapid Cycling

• Circadian Rhythms Factor in Rapid- Cycling Bipolar Disorder

• Bipolar Disorder Rapid Cycling - And We're Not Talking Bicycles!

Depression

• Depression Bipolar Support Alliance on Depression

• Depression: Helping friends and family through tough times

• Depression: Asking For Help

Dysthymic Depression

• Dysthymic Disorder (Diagnostic Criteria) From AllAboutDepression.com

• Dysthymic Disorder DSM-IV Criteria

• Drugs versus placebo for dysthymia

• Treatment of Dysthymia and Minor Depression in Primary Care

• Dysthymic Disorder From Psychology Info Online

• Pharmacotherapy of dysthymic and chronic depressive disorders: overview with focus on moclobemide

Cyclothymic Depression

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Information for Friends & Family

• How Family Members Can Help "Care"

• How Family Can Help "Believe in Me"

• How Family Can Help "Be Available"

• The Struggle of a Significant Other

• Supporting Grown Children?

• The Heartbreak of Being There

• My Wife's Depression

• My Significant Other Has Bipolar Disorder

Deal With Stress / Triggers

• 12 Tips For Surviving the Holidays

• How To Cope And Deal With The Holidays If You Are Dealing With Bipolar Disorder

• Three Ways to Reduce Stress

Medications

• Extended-release carbamazepine approved for bipolar disorder

• Medications A-Z

• Medication and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

• Medications and Weight Gain

• Right pill, wrong patient

• Study: Anti-seizure drug reduces drinking in bipolar alcoholics

• Study Demonstrated Long-Term Treatment with Zyprexa(R) Reduced Violent Behavior in People with Schizophrenia Compared to Risperidone

Miscellaneous Topics

• Men and Women in Therapy 2004: Inside the Gender Gap (PDF)

• Therapy in America 2004 (PDF)