MediFocus Guidebook on Bipolar Disorder Preview

This preview is intended to provide you with a detailed summary of the format and content of the complete Medifocus Guidebook on Bipolar Disorder so that you can decide if this comprehensive and trustworthy information may help you or a loved one who is suffering from this medical condition. The Guidebook can save you days of searching all over the web for trustworthy, credible health information.
The complete Guidebook consists of the following four major topical areas:

1. The Intelligent Patient Overview. This Guidebook begins by providing you a detailed overview of Bipolar Disorder including important information about:
   
   • the causes of this condition
   • common signs and symptoms
   • medical tests that are used to establish the diagnosis
   • standard treatments
   • available treatment options
   • promising new developments
   • quality of life issues
   • questions to ask your doctor
   
   
2. Guide to the Medical Literature. This section contains a comprehensive selection of references to important articles recently published about Bipolar Disorder in trustworthy medical journals. It also includes electronic hyperlinks to the Medline™ abstracts of these articles. Medline™ is the U. S. National Library of Medicine's database collection of references and abstracts covering approximately 4,500 medical and scientific journals published worldwide.
   This is the same type of professional-level information that is used by physicians and other health-care professionals to keep abreast of the latest clinical developments and advances in research on Bipolar Disorder. A typical MediFocus Guidebook contains approximately 50 to 75 journal article references with hyperlinks to most of the article abstracts. Here are a few examples of some of the medical journal abstracts that are referenced in this section of the Guidebook:
   
   • Managing bipolar disorder from urgent situations to maintenance therapy, part 2: focus on maintenance.
     J Clin Psychiatry. 2007
     
   • Bipolar disorder--focus on bipolar II disorder and mixed depression.
     Lancet. 2007
     
   • Pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder among children and adolescents.
     Expert Rev Neurother. 2007
     
   • Extended-release bupropion: an antidepressant with a broad spectrum of therapeutic activity?
     Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2007
     
   • The armamentarium of treatments for bipolar disorder: a review of the literature.
     Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2007 Jun;10(3):411-31. Epub 2006
     
3. Centers of Research. We've compiled a unique directory of doctors, researchers, hospitals, medical centers, and research institutions that have specialized research interest and, in many cases, clinical expertise in the management of Bipolar Disorder. The Centers of Research directory is a valuable resource for quickly identifying and locating leading medical authorities and medical institutions within the United States and other countries that are considered to be at the forefront in clinical research and treatment of Bipolar Disorder.
   
4. Guide to Resources and Organizations. The last section of the Guidebook is a select listing of resources, organizations, and support groups where you can turn to obtain additional information about Bipolar Disorder. For each listing, we provide a brief description of the organization and their services, as well as important contact information including address, phone/fax numbers, E-mail, and web-site URL address, when available.