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Mood Disorders

        Links for Mood Disorders in General

• Brain Chemistry in Mood Disorders
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance  Their mission is the improve the lives of people living with mood disorders.  Find a support group near you or join an on-line support group.
• Depression and Suicide
• Depression / Manic-Depression / Bipolar Disorder - National Advocacy and Information Resources
• Dr. Ivan's Depression Central  Everything about all types of depressive and mood disorders.
• Hormones and Mood
• McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web - Your depression and bipolar disorder source
• Measure of Mood
• Mood Chart  Chart your moods.
• Yahoo! Directory Depressive Disorders  Yahoo's depressive disorders links.

        Links for Depression

• Aging and Depression  From the American Psychological Association.
• Alice's Garden: Adolescent Depression  Support and information for parents of children with depression.
• Antidepressants  From Medline Plus.
• Assessing and Managing Depression  Assessing and managing depression in the terminally ill patient.
• Books and Videos about Depression.  Amazon.
• Depression  A wealth of information and links.
• Depression  From Medline Plus.
• Depression  The latest medical news and information for patients or friends/parents of patients diagnosed with depression.
• Depression  From the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Depression After a Heart Attack -- familydoctor.org  From Family Doctor.  What depression has to do with having a heart attack.
• Depression and Older Adults  What it is and how to get help.
• DepressionHurts.com  Symptoms and treatment.
• Depression in Children and Adolescents  Many links and much information.
• Depression in the Elderly.  Diagnosis and treatment, differential diagnoses, caregiving, and the family.
• Dr. Ivan's Depression Central  All kinds of information about depression and treatment.
• Eating disorders and depression  How eating disorders and depression are related.
• Electroconvulsive Therapy  A wealth of up-to-date information on ECT treatment for depression.
• Electroconvulsive Therapy: Recommendations  The American Psychiatric Association Task Force Statement on Electroconvulsive Therapy.
• How To Help Someone Who's Depressed - For Family and Friends
• How Psychotherapy Helps People Recover From Depression  From the American Psychological Association.
• InteliHealth: Depression  From Aetna.  A wealth of information about depression.
• InteliHealth:  From Aetna.  A wealth of information about postpartum depression.
• Light Therapy for Depression
• Major Depressive Disorder  A wealth of information.
• Mental Help Net - Pain Management  Pain Management and Depression.
• Patient resources : Depression  The latest medical news and information for patients or friends/parents of patients diagnosed with depression.
• Postpartum Depression  From the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Postpartum Depression  From Medline Plus.
• Speeding Your Recovery from Depression  Some simple things which can help speed recovery from depression.
• TeenageDepression.html  Information on teenage depression by the National Youth Network.
• Wing of Madness Depression Guide I  Children and depression.
• You Asked About... Adolescent Depression  Information about diagnosis, prevalence, and treatment in adolescents.

        Links for Bipolar Disorder

• About Juvenile Bipolar Disorder  By the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation.
• Amazon.com: The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder  A very important book.
• Antidepressants in Bipolar Disorder Treatment  The controversies.
• Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder
• Bipolar II, Mood Swings without Mania
• Bipolar and Hope
• BiPolar Children and Teens  Helping parents deal with their children and teens with Bipolar Disorder.
• Bipolar Disorder  A wealth of information and links.
• Bipolar Disorder  A wealth of information.
• Bipolar Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder  From the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Bipolar Disorder --- Manic-Depression  A wealth of information and links.
• Bipolar Medications and Weight Gain
• Bipolar Disorder Sanctuary - books, education, communities
• Bipolar Pamphlet  Bipolar Disorder in children and adolescents.
• Bipolar Spectrum Disorder
• Bipolar World  Bipolar disorder and manic depression.
• BPSO Public Pages  The bipolar significant other.  Bipolar Disorders in the people we love.
• Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: An Update from the National Institute of Mental Health
• Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
• Dark Therapy for Rapid Cycling and Mania: Biologic Clocks and Treatment
• Depression, Bipolar II - Diagnosis
• Electronic Mood Charts
• Extreme Irritability: Is It Childhood Bipolar Disorder? NIMH:  Science News from 2007.
• Facts About Childhood-Onset Bipolar Disorder (NAMI)
• Harvard's Bipolarity Index for Bipolar Diagnosis
• InteliHealth: Bipolar disorder  From Aetna.  Information about Bipolar Disorder.
• Mood Stabilizers for Bipolar Disorder
• Nine Antidepressants That Aren't Antidepressants
• Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation.
• Pendulum Resources: Your Gateway to Bipolar Disorders on the Web
• Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder (August, 2003) "At least 5 psychotherapy approaches for bipolar disorder have been recently been shown to be of benefit when added to medications, compared to medications alone."
• Rapid cycling and mixed states as "Waves"
• Sleep and mood disorders  How sleeping affects bipolar episodes and cycling.
• "Soft Signs" of Bipolar Disorder
• Talking to Doctors about Bipolar Disorder
• The Bipolar Planet  This page is dedicated to the exploration of Bipolar Disorder.
• What Is Bipolar Disorder?
• What's the Difference Between Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder?
• Yahoo! Directory Bipolar Disorder  Yahoo's bipolar disorder links.

        Links for Cyclothymia

• Cyclothymia  All about cyclothymia: diagnosis and treatment.
• Cyclothymic Disorder  A wealth of information.

        Links for Dysthymic Disorder

• Dysthymic Disorder  A wealth of information.
• Dysthymic Disorder: When Depression Lingers  From familydoctor.org.  An explanation of dysthymic disorder.
• InteliHealth From Aetna.  A wealth of information about Dysthymic Disorder.

        Links for Seasonal Affective Disorder

• About the Winter Blues (Seasonal Affective Disorder)  From Psych Central.
• Depression: Seasonal Affective Disorder  Many links for Seasonal Affective Disorder.  From Psych Central
• Information on SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)  Information.
• Light Therapy Products For Seasonal Affective Disorder - SAD Seasonal Depression Winter Blues
• Seasonal Affective Disorder  From familydoctor.org.  Diagnosis and Treatment.
• Seasonal Affective Disorder  From Medline Plus.
• Seasonal Depression

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