Bipolar Disorder: Resources

BOOKS

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1994.
Maxmen, Jerrold S. and Nicholas G. Ward. "Mood Disorders." In Essential Psychopathology and Its Treatment. 2nd ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 1995.
Whybrow, Peter C. A Mood Apart. New York: Harper Collins, 1997.

PERIODICALS

Biederman, Joseph A. "Is There a Childhood form of Bipolar Disorder?" Harvard Mental Health Letter, 13, no. 9 (Mar.1997): 8.
Bowden, Charles L. "Choosing the Appropriate Therapy for Bipolar Disorder." Medscape Mental Health, 2, no. 8 (1997).
Bowden, Charles L. "Update on Bipolar Disorder: Epidemiology, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Prognosis." Medscape Mental Health, 2, no. 6 (1997).
Francis, A., J. P. Docherty, and D. A. Kahn. "The Expert Consensus Guideline Series: Treatment of Bipolar Disorder." Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 57, supplement 12A (Nov.1996): 1-89.
Hirschfeld, Robert "Recent Developments in Clinical Aspects of Bipolar Disorder." The Decade of the Brain: A Publication of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill 6, no. 2 (Winter 1995).

ORGANIZATIONS

American Psychiatric Association. 1400 K Street NW, Washington DC 20005. (888) 357-7924. <http://www.psych.org>.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Colonial Place Three, 2107 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 300, Arlington, VA 22201-3042. (800) 950-6264. <http://www.nami.org>.
National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA). 730 N. Franklin St., Suite 501, Chicago, IL 60610. (800) 826-3632. <http://www.ndmda.org>.
National Institute of Mental Health. Mental Health Public Inquiries, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15C-05, Rockville, MD 20857. (888) 826-9438. <http://www.nimh.nih.gov>.
[Article by: Paula Anne Ford-Martin]

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