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Bipolar:

• Can small children get bipolar disorder? | in Blog Post
  Many reckon it's a load of cobblers dreamed up by American shrinks sucking at the teat of Big Pharma.
• Please, I’m desperate. Can somebody help me? | in Blog Post
  Our guest blogger writes of the real cost of inadequate talking therapies in her area.
• Catherine Zeta-Jones - not the only one experiencing bipolar | in Blog Post
  Beth welcomes Catherine Zeta-Jones' announcement of her condition but discusses how it can feel a million miles away from most people’s reality.
• Be well in 2012 | in Blog Post
  At the beginning of a new year, Michelle reflects on her past attempts to 'better' herself.
• Struggling on the ESA | in Blog Post
  Kirsty has always worked, but when she was forced to leave her stressful job owing to mental health problems, she was shocked to find herself slipping below the poverty line.
• Living through a bipolar blip | in Blog Post
  Abby blogs for us through a manic phase: "I miss the exuberance, the awesome never-ending energy it gives you but I don’t miss the lack of control."
• Tips for surviving the Olympics | in Blog Post
  Charlotte shares her tips for how to cope in London during the Olympics season. Add yours to the comments.
• How I use fitness to manage my Bipolar | in Blog Post
  Bipolargymchick blogs for us on how being fit and active has helped her manage her Bipolar. She talks about how to maintain a level that's right for her and what you can do to keep well through exercise.
• Living with Bipolar | in Blog Post
  Liz blogs today on her experience of living with Bipolar. She talks about her experiences of mania and how she is able to manage her condition.
• Crisis talks | in Blog Post
  To begin this autumn's campaign for more and better crisis care services, Alicia blogs about why she feels crisis care saved her life.
• I asked for help and was turned away | in Blog Post
  Liz blogs for us about her experience of being turned away from a crisis care service because she did not meet the criteria for treatment. She talks about the serious implications this had on her mental health and wellbeing.
• Homeland - how I relate | in Blog Post
  Jules compares her experience of Bipolar to Carrie's in the first episode of the second season of Homeland, which has been nominated for one our our Mind Media Awards.
• Do you watch Homeland? | in Blog Post
  Mary blogs about how she has used Homeland to explain her experience of bipolar. "I was trying to describe my latest hypomanic episode to my CPN and I found myself asking 'Do you watch Homeland?'"
• Medication and stability - managing bipolar in a high intensity workplace | in Blog Post
  Mary sees similarities between her experience and Carrie's on Homeland: "[I felt as though] I had lost my edge and something was missing."
• Carrie and me | in Blog Post
  Mary blogs about how she identifies with the character of Carrie in Homeland, last night's winner: "I would bet a significant chunk that the way I interpreted Carrie's actions was different from most people."
• The Stephen Fry effect | in Blog Post
  Tracey looks forward to meeting Stephen Fry at our Mind Media Awards tonight: "What stuck out most was that he carried on; he wouldn't let it beat him."
• The importance of local crisis care services | in Blog Post
  Liz blogs for us about the need for better crisis care services locally. As part of our campaign, she talks about the difficulties for families and individuals when they're not given choice and control and when the nearest service is simply too far away.
• Journalist of the year: Julia George, BBC Radio Kent | in Blog Post
  Sally Brampton blogs about Julia's programme on suicide: "I would tell Julia George how I feel, live, on radio. Why? Because I know, in her empathy and understanding, that I would be in a safe place.. ."
• I just wanted to be taken seriously | in Blog Post
  Kate blogs about her experience of approaching crisis and seeking support from A&E, she talks about her struggle to be taken seriously and treated with the reassurance and kindness she needed.
• Bipolar disorder | in Information and Advice article
  Explains bipolar disorder, including possible causes and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips for helping yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
• Mind, body & spirit | in Blog Post
  "I wonder just how many people with a mental health problem have a strong faith or spirituality". Today Sarah blogs about spirituality and mental health, and what it means to her.
• There's nothing mild about cyclothymia | in Blog Post
  Lizzie blogs about her diagnosis of cyclothymia, and why she feels describing it as a mild disorder is disheartening, distressing and ultimately inaccurate.
• Telling the story of bipolar disorder | in Blog Post
  "It felt like I had picked up a book and read my own story inside – better, it was like having my own story read to me" today G J Davies blogs about his reaction to the Mindcast on bipolar disorder.
• Bipolar away from home | in Blog Post
  Robin shares his experience of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a student, what it means for him and why he wouldn't want to be without it.
• Acceptance | in Blog Post
  "I am accepting that it isn’t selfish to want to be healthy." Katie blogs about what her bipolar disorder diagnosis means, and why she's realising that it's important to put herself first sometimes.
• Bipolar, social care and me | in Blog Post
  "Social care has empowered me and given me access to the skills I need to help myself." Lee blogs for us today on how access to good social care has helped him manage his bipolar, and where he thinks the system could be improved.