FAQ 7: Search Engines and Web Sites
HeatherOK
You can also use an Alta Vista search.
Another medical site is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
http://groups.google.com/ is a friendly search engine and contains all news
group archives
MedlinePlus Health Information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bipolardisorder.html
or
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
www.medscape.com You have to register. Some information is very technical
but excellent articles on cutting (no pun intended) treatments for BP.
Health & Medical Search Engines
http://healthcareforums.com/
Contains:
Internets - search 1000 databases
MedHunt by HON
CiteLine by Citizen 1
Open Directory Project by NewHoo (just purchased by Netscape)
Information on vitamins
http://www.anyvitamins.com/
Informational articles on bipolar:
http://www.reutershealth.com/en/index.html
Bipolar Connection:
http://www.bipolarconnection.com/
Drug information:
www.rxlist.com
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance:
http://www.ndmda.org/
Harvard Bipolar Research Program:
http://www.manicdepressive.org/index.htm
Bipolar Disorders Portal:
http://www.pendulum.org
Psychiatry 24x7 (sponsored by drug co., but still has some good
resources):
http://www.psychiatry24x7.com/templates/homepages/home_bipolar.jhtml?source=
PsychEducation.org - Extensive Mental Health Information on Specific
Topics:
http://www.psycheducation.org/index.html
Bipolar World:
http://www.bipolarworld.net/
PsychiatryMatters.MD - the essential psychiatry resource (insightful,
but sponsored by drug co.):
http://www.psychiatrymatters.md/
Psychiatric site:
http://www.psyweb.com/
Parents concerned with the state of psychiatric drug use by
pediatricians in the US today:
http://www.whatmeds.com/default.asp
Bipolar Disorder Support Group:
http://www.thewindsofchange.org/
McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web:
http://mcmanweb.com/
National Foundation For Depressive Illness, Inc:
http://www.depression.org/
The National Mental Health Association:
http://www.nmha.org/
Walkers in Darkness, Inc. - support & information for mood disorders:
http://www.walkers.org/
Online Personality Testing:
This tests for depression :
http://www.blarg.net/~charlatn/depression/newscale.html
This test is for mania :
http://www.fmhi.usf.edu/amh/homicide-suicide/assess_mania.html
Selecting a Mood Stabilizer for Acute Phase Treatment of Manic, Mixed, and
Hypomanic Episodes ------
http://www.psychguides.com/bpgl.html#GL1
Patient Advocate Foundation is a national non-profit organization that
serves
as an active liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or
creditors to resolve insurance, job retention and/or debt crisis matters
relative to their diagnosis through case managers, doctors and attorneys.
Patient Advocate Foundation seeks to safeguard patients through effective
mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and
preservation
of their financial stability.
http://www.patientadvocate.org/
Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov
http://www.disability.gov/
Dr. Ivan Goldberg--answers questions via email:
http://www.psycom.net/ikg8.html
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