Depression and Bipolar

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DBSA

 

DBSAI Is Improving Lives

 

Each year, DBSAI reaches people to give them the message that there is help and hope; and that no one with these illnesses needs to feel alone. Depression and bipolar disorder are real, treatable illnesses.

No matter how people find support from DBSA---whether it’s through our peer-led support groups, through the many brochures that we distribute each year, or through our outreach and training programs---we are proud that our message of hope, help and recovery is being heard. And that our mission, to improve the lives of people living with mood disorders, is being fulfilled.

What a Difference a Friend Makes: Video

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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Indiana

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Mission: To educate patients, families, professionals and the public concerning the nature of depressive and manic-depressive illness as a medical disease; to foster self-help for patients and families; to eliminate discrimination and stigma; to improve access to care; and to advocate for research toward the elimination of these illnesses.

Depression: A "Whole Body" Illness

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Depression is a common and costly disease which affects approximately 17.6 million Americans each year and over one million Hoosiers are at lifetime risk. Depression is more than "the blues," it can not be willed or wished away. It is not a sign of personal weakness. It is a flaw in chemistry, not character. This illness affects mood, thought, body, and behavior. Some people may have one episode, where others will have it a lifetime. Read more...

Causes and Treatments of Depression

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Some types of depression run in families, indicating that a biological vulnerability can be inherited. This seems to be the case with bipolar illness. Studies of families in which members of each generation develop bipolar disorder found that those with the illness have a somewhat different genetic makeup than those who do not get ill. However the reverse is not true: that is, not everyone with the genetic makeup that causes vulnerability to bipolar disorder has the illness. Read more...

Types of Depression

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Major Depression is manifested by a combination of symptoms that interfere with the ability to work, eat, sleep, and enjoy normally enjoyable activities. These disabling episodes can occur once, twice, or several times in a lifetime. These are the symptoms that doctors look for when examining their patients for major depression: Read more...