Child
and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
The Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation educates families,
professionals, and the public about pediatric bipolar disorder;
connects families with resources and support; advocates for
and empowers affected families; and supports research on pediatric
bipolar disorder and its cure. The CABF site is a life line
for parents and offers online support groups, bulletin boards,
chat rooms, directories of local support groups and child psychiatrists,
and an extensive learning center.
STARFISH
Advocacy
A new organization whose purpose is to ensure the well-being
of children with neurological or hidden disabilities, by providing
education, advocacy, and support to parents and other educational
professionals. This includes providing online educational advocacy
classes, on-site training, message boards, an online chat room
and parent-to-parent support programs.
Depression and Bipolar
Support Alliance
DBSA is the nation's leading patient-directed
organization focusing on depression and bipolar disorder,
primarily for adults and their families. The organization
fosters an understanding about the impact and management
of these illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based
tools and information written in language the general public
can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely
diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments
and discover a cure.
The
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
The nation's leading grassroots, self-help, and family advocacy
organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with
brain disorders. NAMI is active in the research and political
arenas and campaigns actively against discrimination and for
access to treatment.
Bp Magazine
Published four times annually, bp is filled with articles
by and about personalities who share the issues of living with
bipolar disorder and living well. Excellent round-up of news,
research and ideas on how to get better care. The pages on
pediatric bipolar disorder are extremely helpful.
McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web
Award-winning online weekly newsletter offers superbly-written
articles on the latest research, new therapies, social and
legal issues, and book and movie reviews. This site also contains
over two hundred articles, many on childhood-onset bipolar
disorder.
www.BPCHILDREN.com
Offers mood charts, posters, a newsletter, and excellent books
such as Intense Minds, Brandon and the Bipolar Bear (also available
in a DVD storytelling format), Anger Mountain, and My Roller
Coaster Feelings Book and Work Book. This Web site and books
and products are the brain children of Tracy Anglada, a real
hero in this field.
BipolarNews.org
This Web site is divided into three main areas: Life Charting
(the Kiddie Chart); the newsletter, Bipolar Network News, which
is published three times a year; and daily abstracts from the
scientific literature. Excellent site.
Tourette
Syndrome "Plus"
Dr. Leslie E. Packer's
Web site provides articles and ideas to help the child with
executive function deficits organize homework, estimate time,
and make transitions ("switch
jobs"). Parents will find the glossaries, organizers,
and advocacy tutorial extremely helpful. Winner of a Bright
Spot on the Web Award.
