New Bipolar Podcast Series Now Available!

In March and April, visit RealMentalHealth.com to download a new, three-part podcast series on bipolar disorder and bipolar depression. Sponsored by AstraZeneca, the bipolar podcast series will feature the perspectives of a patient, advocate, and doctor. Tune in to learn valuable tips for recognizing the symptoms and managing your condition.

The First and Maybe Hardest Step: Admitting You Need Help
New: Top Bipolar Medications for 2008
New: Top Mental Health Medications for 2008

Doctor - Patient Help

• How to Talk With Your Doctor About Bipolar Disorder
• Discussing Bipolar Treatment Options
• How Long Does It Take For Bipolar Medications to Work?
• Importance of Staying On Your Medications
• Tracking Your Moods Helps You and Your Doctor Understand How Bipolar Effects You
• Download Mood Chart
• Life Charts: Charting Your Moods Over the Years
• A Treatment Contract to Help Others Comply With Your Wishes (pdf)
• Download Treatment Contract (pdf)

Overview of Bipolar Disorder

• Signs and Symptoms of Bipolar
• Diagnosis
• Causes
• Risk Factors
• Preventive Care (Suicide)
• Causes of Relapse
• Treatment Approach
• Medications for Bipolar
• ECT
• Nutrition and Dietary Supplements
• Herbs
• Acupuncture
• Mind/Body Medicine
• Bipolar and Pregnancy
• Warnings and Precautions
• Prognosis and Complications

Overview II

• Symptoms of Mania and Depression
• Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, Suicide
• Causes and Course of Bipolar, Children with Bipolar
• How is Bipolar Treated?
• Treatment of Bipolar Depression and Psychosocial Treatments
• Natural Treatments for Bipolar and Co-Morbid Conditions
• Help for Individuals with Bipolar and Their Families
• Bipolar Resources and Organizations

• Bipolar Disorder FAQ
• When Someone Refuses, How Do You Convince Them To See A Doctor?
• The Frequent Misdiagnosis of Bipolar Disorder
• Help for Families of Bipolar Patients

Medical Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

• Treatment for Mania and Depression
• Lithium for Controlling Mania
• Anticonvulsant Medications for Mood Stabilization
• Antipsychotic Medications for Bipolar Disorder
• Calcium Channel Blockers for Mania
• Benzodiazepenes For Helping to Control Mania
• ECT for Suicidal or Psychotic Bipolar Patients
• Antidepressants in Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
• Antidepressants: SSRI
• Antidepressants: MAOI
• Antidepressants: Atypical
• Antidepressants: Tricyclic
• Maintenance Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
• Lithium's Role in Maintenance Treatment
• Therapy, Support Groups and Education

Additional Info on Bipolar Disorder Medications

• Antimanic Medications: Lithium
• Antimanic Medications: Anticonvulsants
• All About Lithium
• Lithium and the Necessity of Blood Tests

American Psychiatric Association Guidelines for Treating Bipolar

• Summary: Treating Manic-Mixed Episodes
• Summary: Treating Bipolar Depression, Rapid Cycling and Maintenance Treatment
• Formulation And Implementation of a Treatment Plan
• Evaluating and Diagnosing the Bipolar Patient
• Monitor Treatment Response, Patient-Family Education, Treatment Compliance
• Preparing for Relapse of Bipolar Symptoms
• Detailed: Treating Manic-Mixed Episodes
• Detailed: Treating Bipolar Depression, Rapid Cycling
• Detailed: Maintenance Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
• Treatment of Psychosis, Catatonia, Suicide in Bipolar Patients
• Treatment of Substance Abuse and Comorbid Conditions
• Pregancy and Bipolar Medications
• Prenatal and Postpartum Treatment Issues
• Children, Adolescents and Seniors with Bipolar
• Impact of Medical Conditions on Bipolar Disorder

Special Considerations in Treatment of Women and Children

Women

• Women with Bipolar Disorder
• Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Pregnancy Difficult
• Drugs Used to Treat Bipolar Disorder in Pregnancy
• Safety of Atypical Antipsychotics During Pregnancy and Nursing
• Effects of Bipolar Drugs During Pregnancy
• Anticonvulsants for Bipolar During Pregnancy
• Event and Depression by Ruth Cohen

Children and Adolescents

• Diagnosing and Treating Bipolar Disorder in Children Can Be Difficult
• Helping Children and Teens Cope With Bipolar Disorder

Non-Drug Treatment

• Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder
• What Can You Do To Help Yourself?

Tools for Charting the Ups and Downs of Your Life

• 1 and 5-year Life Charts
• Mood Chart
• Contract for Life - A Promise to Maintain Treatment

Famous People with Bipolar

• Celebrities with Bipolar

Bipolar Audios and Videos

• Bipolar Podcasts (audios)
• Bipolar Videos

Bipolar Community

• Bipolar Twitter Friends
• Bipolar Live Chat
• Bipolar Live Chat with Julie Fast – Transcript
• Bipolar Live Chat with Madeleine Kelly – Transcript
• Bipolar Message Board (free membership)
• Bipolar Social Network Groups (free membership)
• Schizoaffective/Bipolar Social Network Group (free membership)

Bipolar Journals

	Dizzygirl (Tamara) Dizzygirl's Schizoaffective/Bipolar, ECT Treatment Journal
	Basketcase Basketcase's Bipolar Journal
	Lostangle Lostangle's Bipolar Journal

Bipolar News

• AstraZeneca Announces Seroquel XR is Now Available to Treat Bipolar Depression
• New Swedish Study: Bipolar and Scizophrenia Gene Link
• FDA Approves AstraZeneca's SEROQUEL XR(R) for the Treatment of Bipolar Depression and Bipolar Mania
• U.S. FDA Approves Abilify(R)(aripiprazole) for the acute treatment of Manic and Mixed Episodes Associated with Bipolar I Disorder in Pediatric Patients (10 to 17 Years of Age)

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Reviewed: 10/2009