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[clprez]

[url="http://www.nimh.nim.gov/publicat/bipolar.cfm"]http://www.nimh.nim.gov/publicat/bipolar.cfm[/url] -

Good source of information that gets a bit technical but is still very understandable.



[url="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/medicate.cfm#ptdep5"]http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/medicate.cfm#ptdep5[/url] -

Up-to-date list of medications, and a brief description of how they work. (Goes into lots of detail about Lithium). Mostly used for bipolar and depressions. Tells which ones are anti-psychotic, anti-anxiety, anti-mania, and anti-depressants.


[url="http://www.psychologynet.org/dsm.html"]http://www.psychologynet.org/dsm.html[/url] -

Introduction:

Diagnostic Criteria for the most common mental disorders including: description, diagnosis, treatment, and research findings. This list is a shortened version (incomplete) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), published by the American Psychiatric Association, Washington D.C., 1994, the main diagnostic reference of Mental Health professionals in the United States of America.

Of most note are the links for :

Bipolar I Disorder (mania with/ w/o major depression)
Bipolar II Disorder (hypomania with major depression)
Cyclothymic Disorder (numerous brief episodes of hypomania and minor depression)
Dysthymic Disorder (prolonged minor depression w/o mania/hypomania)
Major Depressive Disorder (major depression w/o mania)



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