Bipolar Scotland
Empowering people in Scotland who are in contact with Bipolar Disorder
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The aims of Bipolar Scotland are:
To provide information, support and advice for people affected by bipolar disorder/manic depression and all who care;
To promote Self-Help throughout Scotland;
To inform and educate about the illness and the organisation.
Painting by Dee Slaven
Worried your mood swings are out of control? Answer our simple questionnaire to find out if you may have bipolar disorder.
Breathing Space is a free confidential phone line that anyone in Scotland can call when they are feeling low or depressed.
Bipolar Scotland has produced a booklet, “Rosie’s Mum”, which is aimed at very young children with a parent who has manic depression.
Learn what bipolar disorder/manic depression is and how it affects people.
Your donation, no matter how small, supports the vital work that we do.
We have a catalogue of resources dealing with bipolar disorder for all ages and situations.
Joining BS as a subscribing member gives you access to a range of services, amenities, and support.
Wherever you are in Scotland, there is a local group near you providing fellowship and support.
Dr Jess Sussmann at the University Of Edinburgh is looking for people who experience bipolar disorder to help test a computer program to be used in a research project. She is looking for people who could commit about 40 minutes to carry out some tasks on a PC. This would be held at Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, EH10 5HF.
If you are interested in taking part could you please contact Dr Sussmann on 0131 537 6289 or e-mail jess.sussmann@ed.ac.uk
The Bipolar Disorder Research Network have published a guide to Bipolar Disorder. Please click on the following link http://www.bipinfo.org
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Bipolar Scotland are running a seminar on Perinatal Services for women who have experienced mental health problems during/after pregnancy. The event will take place on Friday 16 April 2010, at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel, 201 Ingram Street, Glasgow, G1 1DQ, 2pm – 4pm (registration from 1.30pm).
Speakers will include Dr Roch Cantwell, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, and Dr Fiona Murray, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, St John’s Hospital, Livingston.
To book a place please contact Tilda on 0141 560 2050, or e-mail info@bipolarscotland.org.uk with contact details.
Chipmunk Publishing have recently published The Rollercoaster That is My Life, by Jacqueline Hume.
Jacqueline has a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and her book was primarily written to allow those closest to the author to understand what goes on in her head when she is having an episode of hypo-mania and depression. The book is filled with funny anecdotes, thought provoking statements and some poetry thrown in for good measure.
To purchase this book please click on http://chipmunkapublishing.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1552
Lacey Turner who plays Stacey Slater in East Enders has won an award at the National Television Awards Ceremony. (more…)
For those of you who are keen on using Twitter, just to say that there is now a BipolarScotland group on Twitter. Please feel free to become followers of our group.
If you are not yet a Twitterer, you can register with Twitter on www.twitter.com
Many of you will know that Akmal Shaikh has been executed for drug smuggling in China. However, Mr Shaikh is known to have experienced mental health problems at the time and this awful tragedy is an indication of the ignorance around mental illness that still exists in the 21st century.
BFS have responded to issues raised in Akmal Shaikh’s case in the following letter sent to The Herald and The Guardian newspapers. (more…)
The Scottish Government’s new policy and action plan for mental health improvement for 2009 to 2011 – Towards a Mentally Flourishing Scotland – was launched on Thursday 7th May by Shona Robison, Minister for Public Health (more…)
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