Good Websites
http://www.mental-health-matters.com/articles/article.php?artID=725 -Caregiver Stress
http://www.lightship.org/index.htm
http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/complete-publication.shtml
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.
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