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Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Division of Disability Services
P.O. Box 700
Trenton, NJ 08625-0700
(609) 292-7800; (609) 292-1210 (TTY)
(888) 285-3036
E-mail: wditto@dhs.state.nj.us
Web: www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dds

Family Support Center of New Jersey
Lions Head Office Park
35 Beaverson Boulevard, Suite 8C
Brick, NJ 08723
(732) 262-8020; (800) 372-6510 (in NJ)
E-mail: FSCNJ@aol.com
Web: http://www.efnj.com/

National Center Complementary and Alternative Medicine
NCCAM Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 7928
Gaithersburg, MD 20898
Toll Free: 888-644-6226
URL: www.nccam.nih.gov
- supports research and provides information on complementary and alternative medicine options

National Institute of Mental Health
Office of Communications
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
Phone: 301-443-4513
Fax: 301-443-4279
TollFree: 1-866-615-NIMH (6464)
TTY: 301-443-8431
Email: nimhinfo@nih.gov
URL: http://www.nimh.nih.gov
- focuses on diminishing the burden of mental illness through research
- provides list of available publications

Nebraska Child Find Resources

Patient Recruitment for Studies Conducted by the NIMH, NIH

This Week's Bipolar News

Frat brothers honour classroom genius who suffered bipolar disorder
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Patrick Kennedy Talks Retirement
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Knowledge Is Necessity: Grading Bipolar - Looking Back At My DSM-5 ...
By John McManamy
The draft DSM-5 got off to a bad start by repeating the errors of previous DSMs, namely by copying and pasting the unipolar depression checklist into bipolar as if all depressions are the same. Not only are they different, but anomalies ...

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Featured Article:

Keys to Happy, Healthy Bipolar Lifestyle
by David Oliver

If you have bipolar disorder, you should be taking medication to control it. You also should be following a good treatment program that involves seeing a doctor, psychiatrist, and therapist. However, there are other keys to living a happy, healthy bipolar lifestyle. I'll go over a few ways here, but you can find more at my website devoted to bipolar disorder.

Keys to Good Physical Health

1. Practice good sleep habits. You should get 8-9 hours of sleep per night.
2. Eat a healthy diet, including healthy snacks.
3. Avoid foods that increase stress; such as: sugar, chocolate, and caffeine
4. Avoid alcohol and drugs
5. Exercise at least 3 times per week (even if it's just walking).

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