historyteach

There's lots of information available here in these links.
Hope you'll find them helpful.
Feel free to discuss anything on the forums below!

Bipolar information:
Bipolar II, Mood Swings without Mania; Brain Tours; Stress and Depression; Hormones and Mood; and more...
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-ny-times.html
Personal Reflections on Manic-Depression:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...e-illness.html
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance:
http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/Page...?pagename=home
McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web
http://mcmanweb.com/

And this one was just given to me by a friend. Thanks, JM!
www.moodgarden.org

Coping skills:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ng-skills.html

How to find a psychiatrist, counselor and more:
http://www.psycheducation.org/FAQ/find.htm

Prescription Drug Coverage:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-coverage.html

Dual Diagnoses:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-recovery.html

Depression Forum
http://www.depressionforums.org/

Research:
http://www.mentalhealth.gov/health/p...ns/index.shtml
http://dana.org/

Medications:
Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Crazy Meds
http://74.50.8.219/
Mental Health . Com
http://mentalhealth.com/

General Resources:
http://nmhicstore.samhsa.gov/publications/browse.asp
http://bipolar.about.com/
National Alliance on Mental Illness:
http://www.nami.org/
http://psycom.net/
http://oflikeminds.com/

Characteristics of Codependency:
http://www.mental-health-matters.com...tID=349&page=0

Shalom!

Eleison

Would you like some UK based info. at all, also?

historyteach

Sure, Eleison!
That would be great! Thanks!

Shalom!

historyteach

I just added a link on the characteristics of Codependency.
It's very throrough and helpful for many of us.
I hope you find it helpful too.

Shalom!

Leslie1210

I think I put resources in the wrong place!
here are three excellent books
'When madness comes home" by Victoria Secgunda
this book is a resource for family members who live/lived with a parent or sibling who has a mental illness diagnosis. She has a second edition for partners etc.

Night falls fast by Kay Redfield Jamison
The best book I've ever read on surviving the suicide of a loved one. it covers all family members.

An unquiet mind by Kay redfield Jamison
about her journey's through her own bi-polar struggles.

all of these books were unusual in my opinion because they covered things that survivors secretly wonder about. IE: am I crazy like my father?
Really great resources.
Leslie

historyteach

Thanks, Leslie!

Shalom!

JJamie

The selling of bipolar disorder stresses that the disorder takes a fearsome toll of suicides, right ?

Yet, the best available evidence shows that unmedicated patients with bipolar disorder do not have a higher risk of suicide.

Check out;

Storosum JG, Wohlfarth T, Gispen de Wied CC, Linszen DH, Gersons BP, et al. (2005) Suicide-risk in placebo controlled trials of treatment for acute manic episode and prevention of manic-depressive episode. Am J Psychiatry 162: 799–802.

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to investigate whether there is a greater suicide risk in the placebo arms of placebo-controlled studies of active medication for the treatment of acute manic episode and the prevention of manic/depressive episode. If so, this would be a strong ethical argument against the conduct of such studies.

METHOD: All placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized trials of medication for the treatment of acute manic episode and the prevention of manic/depressive episode that were part of a registration dossier submitted to the regulatory authority of the Netherlands, the Medicines Evaluation Board, between 1997 and 2003, were reviewed for occurrence of suicide and attempted suicide.

RESULTS: In 11 placebo-controlled studies of the treatment of acute manic episode, including 1,506 patients (117 person-years) in the combined active compound group and 1,005 patients (71 person-years) in the combined placebo group, no suicides and no suicide attempts occurred. In four placebo-controlled studies of the prevention of manic/depressive episode, including 943 patients (406 person-years) in the combined active compound group and 418 patients (136 person-years) in the combined placebo group, two suicides (493/100,000 person-years of exposure) and eight suicide attempts (1,969/100,000 person-years of exposure) occurred in the combined active compound group, but no suicides and two suicide attempts (1,467/100,000 person-years of exposure) occurred in the combined placebo group.

Source: Suicide risk in placebo-controlled trials of... [Am J Psychiatry. 2005] - PubMed - NCBI

I have calculated that active agents are most likely to be associated with a 2.22 times greater risk of suicidal acts than placebo.

Coldfusion

Science magazine had a special issue on depression (October 5, 2012). It is available free online:

Science/AAAS | Special Issue: Depression

Steavewarner

Thanks for the info

JJamie

Beware Of NAMI (National Alliance On Mental illness) Links when doing research.

They are a front group for the major pharmaceutical companies.

Documents The New York Times obtained showed that drug makers had also given NAMI direct advice about how to advocate forcefully for issues that affect industry profits.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/he...nami.html?_r=0

Joe Nerv

For anyone interested in this sort of thing, there's a really informative, interesting, and well referenced book titled America Fooled, that discusses the marketing of psychiatric medication. I've only read about a third of the book, but it's really well written and completely drew me in. The third section (which I haven't looked at yet but am looking forward to), is completely dedicated treating depression holistically.