Bipolar: Resources for Clients and Therapists

These are articles are additional and not part of the mandatory course readings.
The resources and links listed are available to the public via the Internet and therefore may change without prior notice.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NAMI https://www.nami.org

• NAMI> Living with Schizophrenia Community:
  https://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Schizophrenia&Template=/TaggedPage/
  TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=19&ContentID=38851
• NAMI> Find Support:
  https://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&template=/
  ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=37020

Additional Online Resources:

Informative Web Sites

• Mentalhealth.com:
  https://www.mentalhealth.com/
• The Mental Health Research Association:
  https://www.narsad.org/?q=node/11
• Doctor Guide
  https://www.docguide.com
• Support Groups and Programs:
  https://abilify.com/abilify/channels/sch_content.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&channelName=Schizophrenia/Sch_Caregivers_Roadmap/
  Sch_Resource_Center/Sch_Support_Groups&programName
• Basic Facts About Bipolar Disorder:
  https://www.mentalhealth.com
• More Family Support:
  https://www.bipolarsupporter.com/register/?gclid=COeSscmMh4wCFQstWAodkCObyw
• DSM Recap:
  https://www.mental-health-today.com/bp/dsm.htm
• Bipolar Disorder Communities:
  https://www.mental-health-today.com/bp/communities.htm

Resources and Updates for Therapists

• Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Bipolar by American Psychiatric Association:
  https://www.psychiatryonline.com/pracGuide/pracGuideTopic_8.aspx
• Bipolar Disorder: A Cognitive Therapy Approach
  https://www.amazon.com/Bipolar-Disorder-Cognitive-Therapy-Approach/dp/1557987890

Famous People with BiPolar

• Famous People and Bipolar:
  https://www.mental-health-today.com/bp/famous_people.htm
• People with Mental Illness Enrich Our Lives:
  https://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Helpline1&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=4858

Bipolar: Updates

• Bipolar Disorder, NIMH/NIH:
  https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/bipolar-disorder/complete-index.shtmlhttps://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/bipolarsurvey.cfm
• Bipolar updates:
  https://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/SearchResults?openform&Query=mania&so=date&id=48DDE4A73E09A969852568880078C249&Search_Box=All%20DG

Critical-Alternative Organizations – Online Resources

• Psychiatric Drug Facts by Peter R. Breggin, M.D.:
  https://www.breggin.com
• International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology:
  https://www.icspp.org
• PsychRights® Law Project for?Psychiatric Rights:
  https://psychrights.org/index.htm
• Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR):
  https://www.cchr.org & https://www.fightforkids.com

Critical-Alternative References

• Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill:
  https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738203858/lawprojectfor-20
• Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital by Alex Beam:
  https://www.amazon.com/Gracefully-Insane-Americas-Premier-Hospital/dp/1586481614/ref=pd_sim_b_1/103-2812185-8356655
• Madness: A Brief History by Roy Porter:
  https://www.amazon.com/Madness-Brief-History-Roy-Porter/dp/0192802674/ref=pd_sim_b_2/103-2812185-8356655
• Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the “New Psychiatry” by Peter R. Breggin:
  https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Psychiatry-Electroshock-Biochemical-Theories/dp/0312113668/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-2812185-8356655
• Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications by Peter R. Breggin:
  https://www.amazon.com/Your-Drug-May-Problem-Psychiatric/dp/0738203483/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-2812185-8356655
• The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (Penguin Psychology) by R. D. Laing:
  https://www.amazon.com/Divided-Self-Existential-Madness-Psychology/dp/0140135375/ref=pd_sim_b_5/103-2812185-8356655
• Dr. Colbert’s Rape of the Soul: How the Chemical Imbalance Model of Modern Psychiatry.