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BOOKS

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1994.

Whybrow, Peter C. A Mood Apart. New York: Harper Collins, 1997.

PERIODICALS

Biederman, Joseph A. "Is There a Childhood Form of Bipolar Disorder?" Harvard Mental Health Letter. 13, no. 9 (March 1997): 8.

Bowden, Charles L. "Choosing the Appropriate Therapy for Bipolar Disorder." Medscape Mental Health. 2, no. 8 (1997). http://www.medscape.com.

Bowden, Charles L. "Update on Bipolar Disorder: Epidemiology, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Prognosis." Medscape Mental Health. 2, no. 6 (1997). http://www.medscape.com.

"Family-focused Therapy May Reduce Relapse Rate." Health & Medicine Week (September 29, 2003): 70.

Francis, A., J.P Docherty, and D.A. Kahn. "The Expert Consensus Guideline Series: Treatment of Bipolar Disorder." Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 57, supplement 12A (November 1996): 1-89.

Sherman, Carl. "Progress in Bipolar Genetics slow, but promising." Clinical Psychiatry News. 29, no. 12 (December 2001): 4.

Sherman, Carl. "Impulsivity a Key Characteristic of Bipolar Disorder." Clinical Psychiatry News. 29, no. 11 (November 2001): 35.

"Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Could Have Similar Genetic Causes." Genomics & Genetics Weekly (September 26, 2003): 85.

Spete, Heidi. "Rhythm Therapy Can Stabilize Bipolar Disorder Patients." Clinical Psychiatry News. (July 2003): 55.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Psychiatric Association (APA). Office of Public Affairs. 1400 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005. (202) 682-6119. http://www.psych.org/.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). 200 North Glebe Road, Suite 1015, Arlington, VA 22203-3754. (800) 950-6264. http://www.nami.org.

National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA). 730 N. Franklin St., Suite 501, Chicago, IL 60610. (800) 826-3632. http://www.ndmda.org.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). 5600 Fishers Lane, Rm. 7C-02, Bethesda, MD 20857. (301) 443-4513. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/.

Paula Ford-Martin

Teresa G. Odle

KEY TERMS

Anticonvulsant medication: —A drug used to prevent convulsions or seizures; often prescribed in the treatment of epilepsy. Several anticonvulsant medications have been found effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Antipsychotic medication: —A drug used to treat psychotic symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, in which patients are unable to distinguish fantasy from reality.

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