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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
Bipolar Scotland in assocation with Scottish Mental Health Art & Film Festival held a national poetry competition at the CCA in Glasgow on Saturday 15 October 2011.
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.
Learn what bipolar disorder/manic depression is and how it affects people.
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We have a catalogue of resources dealing with bipolar disorder for all ages and situations.
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Wherever you are in Scotland, there is a local group near you providing fellowship and support.
| Wednesday 16 May 2012 |
Information on the 2012 children’s mental health conference being held in Glasgow on 16 May 2012. The conference will aim to refresh and enhance your knowledge on a variety of key topics and current developments in the field of children’s mental health, show examples of good practice and most importantly provide you with practical information which you can apply.
Please click on the following link for information on the conference and booking details – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Mental-Heath-Troubled-Times.pdf
The LGBT bipolar self help group will meet on Tuesday 7 February 2012, 7pm – 9pm, at the Terence Higgins Trust, Rothesay House (3rd floor), 134 Douglas Street, Glasgow, G2 4HF.
The meeting is open to anyone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and who experience bipolar disorder. Partners, family, friends and carers are also welcome.
The Irvine group meet on Tuesday 7 February 2012, 7pm – 9pm, Woodlands Centre, Kilwinning Road, Irvine, KA12 8RU.
The group is open to anyone affected by bipolar disorder. For further information please contact the Bipolar Scotland office on 0141 560 2050.
Bipolar Scotland’s Chief Medical Adviser, Prof Andrew McIntosh is involved in conjunction with the Edinburgh Centre for Regenerative Medicine, in a groundbreaking research project that looks to grow brain cells from skin samples taken from people with a bipolar disorder diagnosis. To read more about this research please click on the following link www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/29/brain-cloning-breakthrough-mental-illness
The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance have published a report,”More for Less? , Independent Advocacy – More demand, less funding”. To read the report please click on the following link – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SIAA-Report.pdf
| Monday 23 April 2012 |
The Scottish Perinatal Mental Health Forum are holding a one day conference on the management of perinatal mental health disorders. The conference is being held on Monday 23 April 2012, 09.30am – 4pm, Marriott Hotel, 500 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8RR.
For further information on the conference please click on the following link – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Conference-flyer.pdf
To book a place, please click on the following link – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Conference-information-and-Booking-form.pdf
Lundbeck have launched a new medication, Sycrest for the treatment of moderate to severe manic episodes associated with bipolar 1. For further information please click on the followinmg link – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Sycrest-consumer-press-release.pdf
The Sunday Mail have published an article about the very positive experience of a woman with bipolar disorder and her pregnancy. It covers the practical help/support that she was given by her local perinatal mental health services.
To read the article in full please click on the following link http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/2012/01/08/trainee-nurse-s-shock-bipolar-diagnosis-saved-her-own-life-86908-23689029/
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