Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder

This booklet answers many common questions about bipolar disorder. Current research-based information is provided for people with bipolar disorder, their family members and friends, and the general public about the symptoms and diagnosis of bipolar disorder, possible causes, treatments, clinical studies, and information resources. A tear-out bookmark features suggestions for reducing symptoms, avoiding relapse, and improving quality of life.

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NIH Publication No. 02-3679
Printed 2001, Reprinted September 2002

FOR THE PUBLIC

Bipolar Disorder
A booklet that answers many common questions about bipolar disorder.
A story of bipolar disorder: Does this sound like you?
An easy-to-read booklet.
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: An Update from the NIMH
Information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
Going to Extremes: Bipolar Disorder, Science on Our Minds 2001
A one page fact sheet developed for the White House Conference on Mental Health.
Bipolar Disorder Research at NIMH
A detailed fact sheet reviewing recently published and ongoing research on bipolar disorder funded by the NIMH.
Medications

PRESS RELEASES

Landmark Bipolar Disorder Study Seeks to Raise Standard of Care, February, 2001

CLINICAL TRIALS

Current Studies on Bipolar Disorder

FOR RESEARCHERS

Conference and Workshop Summaries

Roundtable on Prepubertal Bipolar Disorder, April 2000
Early Recognition and Treatment of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents, May 1999
Genetics and Mental Disorders, the Report of the NIMH Genetics Workgroup, September 1997 - section on bipolar disorder.

Journal Articles

Goals for Research on Bipolar Disorder: The View from NIMH. In Biological Psychiatry, September 2000

OTHER RESOURCES

Bipolar Information from NLM's Medline Plus
Information for health professionals and consumers, and links to consumer health information from the NIH and outside organizations (also in Spanish and other languages), dictionaries, lists of hospitals and physicians. From this page, you may link to a searchable database of research publications and literature.