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Mind
What types of bipolar disorder are there? Explains what bipolar disorder is, as well as different diagnoses and treatments. Offers information on how you can support someone with bipolar and tips for self-management.
About bipolar
What is bipolar disorder? - Helen M. Farrell (TED-Ed YouTube)
Explore the medical condition known as bipolar disorder, and learn about its symptoms, causes, and treatments. The word bipolar means ‘two extremes.’ For the many millions experiencing bipolar disorder around the world, life is split between two different realities: elation and depression. So what causes this disorder? And can it be treated? Helen M. Farrell describes the root causes and treatments for bipolar disorder.
About bipolar
Depressive and Bipolar Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #30 - YouTube
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about mood disorders and their causes as well as how these disorders can impact people's lives.
About bipolar
What is Bipolar Disorder? - Kati Morton (YouTube)
Kati Morton, a licensed therapist making Mental Health videos.
About bipolar
Could it be bipolar?
There are many symptoms of bipolar that can often be overlooked for something else. This guide from Bipolar UK explains.
About bipolar
CAPS: is an independent advocacy organisation
CAPS provides collective and individual advocacy in East Lothian and Midlothian.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
AdvoCard
Independent Advocacy in Edinburgh.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
Legal Services Agency
A Scottish Law Centre and Charity committed to defending legal rights and using the law to effect social change.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
The University of Edinburgh: Free Legal Advice Centre
The Free Legal Advice Centre provides student-led clinics from the Pro Bono and Clinical Legal Education Department.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
Helen McGinty & Company
Specialising in mental health and incapacity law. Experienced in all aspects of Scots Civil Law, including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Family and Child Law.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
VOX Scotland
Voices of Experience (VOX) is Scotland’s mental health collective advocacy charity, run by and for its members.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
Christians against poverty
Ending UK poverty.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
Citizens Advice Edinburgh
Citizens Advice provides advice on any subject - by phone, online and face to face, as well as home visits for people with reduced mobility.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
ENABLE Scotland: advocacy for those with a learning disability
ENABLE Scotland’s mission is to create an equal society for every person with a learning disability.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
The City of Edinburgh Council: Benefits & debt advice
The Advice Shop
Advocacy, Government & Legal
entitledto
A free benefits calculator to find out what you're entitled to.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
gov.uk: Disabled people
Includes carers, your rights, benefits and the Equality Act.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
gov.uk: Guidance - Mental health and wellbeing abroad
This guidance explains some differences in laws and practices in other countries as they relate to mental health. Factors that affect your mental health during travel: Your mental and physical health before and during a trip usually affect how well you cope with travel.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
mental welfare commission for scotland
The Mental Health Commission for Scotland protects and promotes the human rights of people with mental illness, learning disabilities, dementia and related conditions.
Advocacy, Government & Legal
Edinburgh Carers Council
Edinburgh Carers Council is a local Edinburgh charity that provides free, confidential and independent advocacy for carers supporting someone with mental or physical health difficulties.
Carers
NHS Lothian: Supporting Carers
NHS Lothian recognises the invaluable role that unpaid carers make to helping keep someone well or looking after them when they are unwell.
Carers
vocal
VOCAL supports and empowers unpaid carers in Edinburgh and Midlothian through individual support, information, training and access to services.
Carers
Empathy in Mind - support for carers of people with mental health difficulties
We are an Edinburgh carer-led Group which offers a safe and confidential space for any carer who may be experiencing the challenging and difficult behaviours associated with mental health problems.
Carers
Carers Trust Scotland: Supporting Carers in Scotland
Carers Trust in Scotland works to transform the lives of unpaid carers.
Carers
NHS inform: Choice & Medication
Comprehensive range of printable patient information leaflets for all psychiatric drugs prescribed in the U.K.
Clinical Information
NHS inform Scotland: Bipolar disorder overview
Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression, is a condition that affects your moods, which can swing from one extreme to another. People with bipolar disorder have periods or episodes of: depression – feeling very low and lethargic mania – feeling very high and overactive (less severe mania is known as hypomania)
Clinical Information
NHS inform Scotland: Bipolar muscle, bone and joints
Physiotherapy can help you manage muscle, bone and joint problems. Read about musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and self-management advice.
Clinical Information
NHS Research Scotland - Mental Health Network (mental health clinical research)
Scotland's mental health research community is active in leading research in areas including bipolar disorder, depression and psychosis.
Clinical Information
Wellspring Scotland
Wellspring is a charity based in Edinburgh which provides affordable and high-quality psychotherapy and counselling.
Counselling & Therapy
NHS 24 - Living Life - a free phone CBT service provided by NHS Scotland.
The Living Life service offers support to people in Scotland through cognitive behavioural therapy.
Counselling & Therapy
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Find a registered therapist. See how therapy can help. Find out what happens in therapy. Read advice articles and client stories. Get confidential guidance.
Counselling & Therapy
COSCA - Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland.
Search the COSCA Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
Counselling & Therapy
Edinburgh Crisis Centre
If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis and need to talk to someone, please contact Edinburgh Crisis Centre's friendly, confidential team.
Crisis & Helplines
Priory
Private provider offering mental health, addiction and eating disorder treatments.
Crisis & Helplines
Breathing Space
Breathing Space is a free confidential service for people in Scotland. Open up when you're feeling down. Sometimes our thoughts and feelings can overwhelm us. It helps to get some Breathing Space. Pick up the phone - we're here to listen.
Crisis & Helplines
AMIS is Scotland’s leading charity and helpline for male domestic abuse.
Everyone is welcome to contact us for help by phone or email. Need to talk? 03300 949 395
Crisis & Helplines
Castle Craig
Private rehab - Residential Addiction Centre for drug & alcohol addiction.
Crisis & Helplines
The Mix - Essential support for under 25s.
The Mix is a UK based charity that provides free, confidential support for young people under 25 via online, social and mobile.
Crisis & Helplines
NHS Lothian: Mental Health Support in a Crisis
If you are in a mental health crisis and need immediate support, you can call your GP or, if they are closed, call NHS 24 on 111. Otherwise, there are a variety of mental health and wellbeing services available to people who live in Edinburgh, which will provide support for people with various conditions including depression, anxiety, distress, and feelings of panic.
Crisis & Helplines
NHS Lothian - Mental Health Information Station
The Mental Health Information Station is open for walk in visits at the Walpole Hall every Thursday 10.30 am to 3.00 pm. Visitors with mental health issues can drop in without an appointment and receive support and guidance on the day from mental health professionals.
Crisis & Helplines
Chris's House
24-hour non-medical crisis centre for people in, or approaching, suicidal crisis. The charity also offers support to those bereaved by suicide.
Crisis & Helplines
Samaritans of Edinburgh and the Lothians
Samaritans are waiting for your call. Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. They are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 116 123 free from any phone.
Crisis & Helplines
Text "SHOUT" to 85258
Shout - UK's 24/7 Crisis Text Service for Mental Health Support | Shout 85258
Crisis & Helplines
Scotland's Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage Helpline
Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline.
Crisis & Helplines
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
Standing together, united against suicide. We’re the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and we’re taking a stand against suicide. That means standing against feeling shit, standing up to stereotypes and standing together to show life is always worth living.
Crisis & Helplines
Edinburgh Leisure: Be Active
Being active doesn’t have to mean running a marathon – a few small changes can make a huge difference. The key to leading an active lifestyle is finding an activity you love and building it into your routine.
Get Active
East Lothian Council: Access to Leisure Scheme
The Access to Leisure Scheme provides discounted entry to sports centres & golf courses for qualifying residents.
Get Active
Midlothian Leisure: Get a leisure pass
Access to Midlothian card offers lower rates for Council leisure centres, swimming pools etc. for qualifying residents.
Get Active
West Lothian Access Xcite card
Xcite, in partnership with West Lothian Council, offer Access Xcite for qualifying residents.
Get Active
Bipolar Edinburgh: Attend one of the group's activity sessions
Check out our Swim, Gym and Coffee sessions.
Get Active
ithrive Edinburgh
Your online space for mental health and wellbeing information in Edinburgh.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
The Mind and Soul Foundation: Exploring Christianity and Mental Health
Faith and Mental Health
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
CAPS: Oor Mad History: A community history project based at CAPS
Project run by CAPS whoose aim is to reclaim and promote the history of activism and collective advocacy by people with mental health issues around Edinburgh.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
Change Mental Health
For 50 years, the mission of Change Mental Health has remained the same: to help and support people affected by mental illness.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
Health in Mind
Health in Mind have been promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in Scotland since 1982.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
Scottish Association for Mental Health
SAMH operates over 70 services in communities across Scotland, providing mental health social care support, addictions and employment services, among others.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
See Me Scotland: End mental health discrimination
See Me is Scotland's national programme to end mental health stigma and discrimination.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
Thistle Foundation
Thistle is a Scottish charity supporting people with long-term health conditions and disabilities to live life on their terms.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
Volunteer Edinburgh
Volunteer Edinburgh have been helping all sorts of people in Edinburgh find volunteering for over 45 years.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
Penumbra Mental Health
Penumbra have teamed up with Bipolar Edinburgh to offer a peer support service for people in Edinburgh living with a bipolar diagnosis.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Charities
Bipolar UK Mood Tracker (Android & iOS)
Bipolar UK's Mood Tracker app can make it much easier to record your daily mood, medications, emotions and how much sleep you’ve had.
Mood Monitoring Apps
iMoodJournal (Android & iOS)
iMoodJournal aims to make mood tracking easier.
Mood Monitoring Apps
MoodPanda (Android, iOS, web)
Track your mood. Be supported. 24/7 community.
Mood Monitoring Apps
iThrive Edinburgh: Other Wellbeing app listings
A comprehensive listing of apps for wellbeing and mental health. List maintained by iThrive Edinburgh.
Mood Monitoring Apps
MoodTrack Diary (Android & iOS)
Track and graph your moods anytime, anywhere.
Mood Monitoring Apps
eMoods Bipolar Mood Tracker (Android & Kindle)
eMoods is a user-friendly app for patients to track symptom data relating to Bipolar I and II disorders, Depression, PTSD, and Anxiety Disorders.
Mood Monitoring Apps
Brothers in Arms Scotland
Anonymous, Informative and Discreet - A 21st Century Charity For 21st Century Males And Those That Support Them.
Peer Support
Bipolar UK eCommunity
Bipolar UK's ecommunity is a supportive online forum for everyone affected by bipolar
Peer Support
Andy's Man Club | #ITSOKAYTOTALK
ANDYSMANCLUB has over 100 free support groups across the UK including Bathgate, Broxburn, Dunbar, Edinburgh, Pathhead & Prestonpans.
Peer Support
Bipolar Scotland
Online & phone peer support throughout Scotland.
Peer Support
Health in Mind - Side by Side - The Power of Peer Support (YouTube)
Peer Support
LGBT Health & Wellbeing
Promoting the health, wellbeing and equality of LGBT+ adults (16+) in Scotland.
Peer Support
Bipolar UK
Bipolar UK provides peer support services to empower people affected by bipolar to live well.
Peer Support
Scottish Men's Sheds Association
Supporting Scotland’s Shedders to benefit health and wellbeing across Scotland.
Peer Support
Edinburgh Adult Psychiatry (private service)
Dr John Ferguson, MBChB BsCMed Sci (neuroscience) MRCPsych has consulted privately since 2009 and specialises in mood disorders.
Psychiatry
Beating Bipolar: a free online programme.
Beating Bipolar is a web-based programme designed to help you better understand and manage bipolar disorder.
Self-help
Living Life to the Full: free online courses covering low mood, stress and resilience.
The most recommended online CBT courses in the UK with 25M visits a year worldwide. Based in Clydebank.
Self-help
Bipolar Scotland: Self-Management Training lite
A condensed online version of the Self-Management Training Course.
Self-help
MoneySavingExpert.com: Mental Health & Debt.
No debt problems are unsolvable. It might not be easy or quick, but there's always a route. When mental health problems are involved, some special solutions apply.
Self-help
Wellbeing Lothian
Find information and tools to help with your wellbeing and mental health.
Self-help
moodcafé: Promoting Mental Health from Fife.
Information and resources to help you understand and improve your mental health.
Self-help
sleepful.me - Free app for the effective treatment for Insomnia
Sleepful is free to download and use. Use the Sleepful app to manage your bedtimes and monitor your sleep. Sleepful is a product of the Clinical Sleep Research Unit at Loughborough University, and is hosted by the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, and the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK.
Self-help
Bipolar Edinburgh ( YouTube)
Welcome to Bipolar Edinburgh. A short video explaining what we do.
Watch or Read
East Lothian Council: Libraries
Offer libraries in Dunbar, East Linton, Gullane, Haddington, Longniddry, Musselburgh, North Berwick, Ormiston, Port Seton, Prestonpans, Tranent & Wallyford.
Watch or Read
Midlothian Council Libraries
Offer libraries in Dalkeith, Danderhall, Gorebridge, Lasswade, Loanhead, Newbattle, Newtongrange, Penicuik and Roslin.
Watch or Read
West Lothian Libraries
West Lothian has fourteen Community Libraries and one Local History Library.
Watch or Read
"Up/Down" Bipolar Disorder Documentary - SHORT VERSION - YouTube
"Up/Down" is a personal analysis of bipolar disorder from those living with it; words of advice and wisdom to help others navigate their diagnosis.
Watch or Read
The City of Edinburgh Libraries
The City of Edinburgh offers nearly 30 local libraries plus a wide range of audiobooks and other resources.
Watch or Read
5 misunderstandings about Bipolar Disorder - YouTube
Kati Morton, a licensed therapist making Mental Health videos.
Watch or Read
Listening Books: An audiobook lending charity.
Listening Books provides a postal and internet based audiobook service to over 100,000 UK residents who have a disability or illness that impacts their ability to read the printed word.
Watch or Read
Modelling, Mania & Me | Shot By You | Channel 4 Documentaries - YouTube
This inspiring yet heart-wrenching film follows model and presenter Rosie Viva's journey to get her life back after being sectioned and diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In 2018, Rosie set off the fire alarm at Stansted Airport and ended up on a psychiatric ward. The following weeks and months saw her suffer from mania, hallucinations and severe depression. Rosie describes it as the worst few weeks of her life. After coming to terms with her diagnosis, Rosie is on a mission to find happiness and raise awareness of bipolar in young women, but is the industry she knows and loves ready to listen?
Watch or Read
TEDx Talks - Finding balance in bipolar : Ellen Forney (YouTube)
Ellen Forney is a passionate storyteller and artist who turned her bipolar diagnosis into a platform of hope for anyone struggling with mental health issues. In this moving and generous talk, Ellen uses both words and pictures — her own comics —to share the story of how she maintained her creativity while managing her illness and shares the system she developed for achieving balance and keeping it.
Watch or Read
TEDx Talks - Laura Bain - Living with Bipolar Type II (YouTube)
Laura Bain speaks about living with Bipolar Type II Disorder, the trials and tribulations, but also how it informs her vibrant character and wonderful sense of identity.
Watch or Read
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive [DVD] [2006]
Stephen Fry presents this documentary exploring the disease of manic depression; a little understood but potentially devastating condition affecting an estimated two percent of the population.
Watch or Read
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