Good Websites

http://www.mental-health-matters.com/articles/article.php?artID=725 -Caregiver Stress

http://www.mentalhealth.com/ http://www.lightship.org/index.htm

http://www.familyaware.org/ http://www.mdabc.net/ http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/

http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home

http://www.camh.net/

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/complete-publication.shtml

http://www.obad.ca/

http://www.mooddisorders.on.ca/bipolar.html

http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/publications/factsheets/bipolar

http://www.mentalhealthworks.ca/facts/sheets/bipolar_disorder.asp

Alberta Mental Health Board (AMHB) (www.amhb.ab.ca) has an extensive list of webpage resources listed for further learning in areas of interest. The following list comes from AMHB webpage:

Alberta Alcohol & Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC) http://www.aadac.ca

Alberta Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (AAMIMH) http://www.aamimh.ca

Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research http://www.research4children.com

Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research http://www.med.ualberta.ca/acicr/

Alberta Child & Youth Initiative http://child.alberta.ca/home/501.cfm

Alberta Health and Wellness http://www.health.gov.ab.ca

Alberta Healthy Living Network http://www.health-in-action.org

Alberta Mentoring Partnership http://www.albertamentoringpartnership.ca

Calgary Health Region Mental Health & Addiction Services http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/mh

Canadian Bioethics Society http://www.bioethics.ca

Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health http://www.ccsmh.ca

Canadian Institute in Health Information (CIHI) http://www.cihi.ca

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) http://www.cmha.ca

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Alberta Division http://www.cmha.ab.ca

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Edmonton Region http://www.cmha-edmonton.ab.ca

Canadian Psychiatric Association http://www.cpa-apc.org

Centre of Knowledge on Healthy Child Development http://www.knowledge.offordcentre.com

Health Regions Across Alberta http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/regions/RHA_map.html

Mental Health Commission of Canada http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca

Mental Health Patient Advocate http://www.health.alberta.ca/about/MHPA-advocate.html

Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) http://www.pdd.org/default.shtml

Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network (SACHYN) http://www.sacyhn.ca

World Health Organization - Mental Health http://www.who.int/mental_health/en

Centre for Suicide Prevention (Calgary, AB) http://www.suicideinfo.ca

Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention http://www.suicideprevention.ca

American Association of Suicidology http://www.suicidology.org

International Association for Suicide Prevention http://www.med.uio.no/iasp/

Suicide Prevention Resource Centre http://www.sprc.org

MAGAZINES: Hope and Harmony for People with Bipolar (www.bphonpe.com)

ARTICLES: http://www.bphope.com/Item.aspx?id=482 (ay Redfield Jamison: A profile in courage Excerpt from Kay Redfield Jamison: A profile in courage in the Winter 2009 issue of bp Magazine)

Cure, Prevention, Prognosis (articles): 1. Treating Bipolar Illness:  Focus on Treatment Algorithms and Managment of the Sleep-Wake Cycle written by Leibenluft & Suppes.

2. A Randomized Trial of Integrated Group Therapy Versus Group Drug Counseling for Patients with Bipolar Disorder and Substance Dependence written by Weiss et al.

3. Experience of being the spouse/cohabitant of a person with bipolar affective disorder: a cumulative process over time written by Tranvag and Kristoffersen.

4. The Importance of Reventing Recurrence in Bipolar Disorder written by Frank, Gonzales, & Fabiolini.

5. Randomised controlled trial of efficacy of teaching patients with bipolar disorder to identify early symptoms of relapse and obtain treatement written by Perry et al. Return to Bipolar_Disorder_Adult