Mood Disorders

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National Foundation for Depressive Illness - www.depression.org/
Description: Provides public and professional information about Affective Disorders, the availability of treatment, and the urgent need for further research. The Foundation is committed to an extensive, ongoing public information campaign.

National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association - www.ndmda.org/
Description: NDMDA is an organization that fosters an understanding about the impact and management of Depression and Bipolar illnesses, these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure.

SAVE-Suicide Awareness-Voices of Education - www.save.org/
Description: We educate about suicide and depression. Depression can be cured and suicide prevented.

Suicide Research Consortium-NIMH - www.nimh.nih.gov/research/suicide.cfm
Description: The Consortium coordinates program development in suicide research across the Institute, identifies gaps in the scientific knowledge base on suicide across the life span. See the list information links available at NIMH www.nimh.nih.gov/

Depression Screening Test - www.depression-screening.org/
Description: Screening tests, such as the one on this web site, are not intended to provide a diagnosis for clinical depression. But they may help identify any depressive symptoms and determine whether a further evaluation by a medical or mental health professional is necessary. As with any other illness, you should see your doctor if you think you might have symptoms of depression.