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American Association of Pastoral Counselors
9504-A Lee Highway
Fairfax, VA 22031-2303
Phone: 703-385-6967
Fax: 703-352-7725
Email: info@aapc.org
URL: www.aapc.org
- provides and promotes theologically informed, spiritually sensitive, ethically sound, and clinically competent counselling and consultation as an extension of the ministry of faith communities

American Dietetic Association
216 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
Toll Free: 800-877-1600
URL: www.eatright.org
- provides food and nutrition services focusing on obesity and its prevention, complementary care and dietary supplements, retail food practices, genetic research and biotechnology
- promotes optimal nutrition and well-being for all people

Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
10200 W 44th Ave, Ste. 310
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Phone: 303-420-2902
URL: www.bcia.org

National Association of Social Workers
750 N.E. 1st St., Ste. 700
Washington, DC 20002-4241
Toll Free: 800-742-4089
URL: www.naswdc.org

National Center for Homeopathy
801 N. Fairfax St., Ste. 306
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-548-7790
URL: www.homeopathic.org

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
100 Canal Center Plz. Ste. 300
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-548-904
URL: www.nccaom.org

This Week's Bipolar News

Rare Deletions Or Duplications Of DNA Tied To Bipolar Disorder
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New research led by University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, finds that rare copy number variants (CNVs) where sections of DNA are either duplicated or missing, seem to play a key role in the risk for early onset bipolar disorder, which appears in childhood or early adulthood. The researchers write about their findings in a paper published online on 22 December in the ...

Where Does My Mental Illness End, And Where Do I Begin?
About - News & Issues
By Marcia Purse, About.com Guide December 22, 2011 From my friend Andy "Electroboy" Behrman comes a thoughtful and thought-provoking essay on the journey through life with bipolar disorder. Is there truly such a thing, he's been asked, as "recovery" ...

Mind over Mood
PsychCentral.com (blog)
She has a Mood Disorder NOS and has been married to her college sweetheart, who has Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder, for 10 years. They are happily married, have three kids, and live in the Midwest, USA.

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Difficulty Getting Good Information on Bipolar

The greatest difficulty with getting good information on bipolar disorder is not knowing where to get it. When your loved one is first diagnosed with bipolar disorder, their doctor or psychiatrist may give them a brochure or pamphlet that describes bipolar disorder in general. Usually that’s all they will get, unless he/she gives them samples of medication and, in that case, they might receive an additional brochure or pamphlet put out by the drug company that makes that particular medication. Generally speaking, however, that’s it. You are on your own after that, to try to understand this new and confusing diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

So where can you turn for good information on bipolar disorder? There are four places: 1) Brochures/Pamphlets; 2) Books/Reference Material; 3) Support Groups; and 4) the Internet. However, as you begin your search, you will very quickly become frustrated as you encounter the difficulties outlined below:

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