- Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
- Thorough coverage of illness, including education and legal issues. Provides message boards, chat room. - Angels From The Heavens - For parents of children with illness and/or ADHD. Includes personal accounts and writings.
- Bipolar Affective Disorder in Children and Adolescents - Discusses causes, symptoms, medications, and side effects. Provides brief patient histories.
- Bipolar Children and Teens - Parents share personal accounts, links.
- Bipolar Disorder in Children - Looks at difference between this illness and ADHD in children.
- Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents - Solicits volunteers for research studies currently being conducted by NIMH.
- Bipolar Kids - Fact sheet about this illness in children touches upon ADHD.
- Bipolar Parents List - Provides sign-up for email discussion group, newsletter.
- Facts About Childhood-Onset Bipolar Disorder - Fact sheet details symptoms, treatment, prognosis. (NAMI)
- Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation - Nonprofit dedicated to research into etiology of this illness.
- Parenting Bipolar Children - Links cover various aspects of illness, message board.
- Seeking the Key to the Best Medication for Every Bipolar Child - An article by Russell Scheffer, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, who is studying the effects of medications on bipolar children.
Media publications
- Bipolar Disorder Can Affect Young Children, May Co-Exist With ADHD - Article summarizes recent findings. (Published 2000.04.28)
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents - Article reviews obstacles, needed improvements. (Published 1996.05.01)
