The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) launches its 2007 Bipolar Disorder Awareness campaign, emphasizing the importance of accurate diagnosis and treatment for people living with bipolar disorder, including the role of mania and depression.
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SPEAK and Be Heard Living With Depression Contest Urges Individuals to Serve as Role Models by Sharing Their Stories of Success in Managing Their Disease
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Self-help books commonly claim a solution to depression, but fail to explain that there are two types of depression: normal (psychological) and clinical (biological). Since clinical depression commonly requires medication as treatment, readers run the risk of prolonging their suffering by believing that a books self-help approach is going to end their clinical depression.
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A new service known as Bipolar Watch has been launched in response to the recent labeling of Sarah Palin and other public figures as bipolar. Advocates for the bipolar community say we must correct the misconceptions created when mental health service consumers become collateral damage in culture wars or through media sensationalism.
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A support group will be forming in Sturgeon Bay for those affected by depression or manic-depressive illness. The group is also open to loved ones and friends.
