DBSA Brochures
The national DBSA office provides a great resource in the form of brochures and other publications. Click to read or print information on topics from the basics of bipolar and depression to the role supplements may play in wellness. To print the paper version of a brochure, click the links labeled “(PDF version).”
You can also read and print these brochures from the national DBSA website.
Mood Disorders: Depression and Bipolar Disorder
- Clinical Trials: Information and Options for People With Mood Disorders (PDF Version)
- Coping with Mood Changes Later in Life (PDF Version)
- Coping with Unexpected Events: Depression and Trauma (PDF Version)
- DBSA Support Groups: An Important Step on the Road to Wellness (PDF Version)
- Dealing Effectively with Depression and Manic-Depression (PDF Version)
- Dual Diagnosis and Recovery also en español (PDF Version)
- Finding a Mental Health Professional (PDF Version)
- Finding Peace of Mind: Treatment Strategies for Bipolar Disorder (PDF Version)
- Finding Peace of Mind: Treatment Strategies for Depression (PDF Version)
- Generic and Brand Name Drugs: Understanding the Basics (PDF)
- Getting Better Sleep: What You Need to Know (PDF Version)
- Guide to Depression and Bipolar Disorder (PDF Version)
- Healthy Lifestyles: Improving and Maintaining the Quality of Your Life (PDF Version)
- Introduction to Depression and Bipolar Disorder (PDF Version)
- Kindness as a Way to Wellness (PDF)
- Mood Disorders and Different Kinds of Depression (PDF)
- Myths and Facts about Depression and Bipolar Disorder (PDF)
- Next Steps: Getting the Treatment You Need to Reach Recovery (PDF)
- Personal Calendar (PDF)
- Psychotherapy: How it Works and How It Can Help (PDF Version)
- Saying No to Negative Thinking (PDF Version)
- Suicide Prevention and Mood Disorders (PDF Version)
- Suicide Prevention Card (PDF)
- Treatment Challenges: Finding Your Way to Wellness (PDF Version)
- Treatment Technologies for Mood Disorders (PDF)
- Understanding Agitation (PDF)
- Understanding Hospitalization for Mental Health (PDF Version)
- Wellness at Work (PDF Version)
- What You Need to Know about Dietary Supplements (PDF Version)
- Working Toward Wellness (PDF)
- You’ve Just Been Diagnosed…What Now? (PDF Version)
- Understanding Your Mood: An Introduction to Depression and Bipolar Disorder (PDF)
Depression
- Men and Depression (PDF Version)
- Taking Care of Both of You: Understanding Mood Changes After the Birth of Your Baby (PDF Version)
Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder: Rapid Cycling and its Treatment (PDF Version)
- Bipolar Disorder: Stories of Coping and Courage (PDF Version)
For Children & Young Adults
- Is It Just a Mood…or Something Else? Mood Disorders for Young People (PDF Version)
- The Storm in My Brain: Kids and Mood Disorders (PDF Version)
For Family & Friends
- Family and Friends’ Guide to Recovery from Depression and Bipolar Disorder (PDF)
- Getting Started (PDF)
- Helping a Friend or Family Member with a Mood Disorder (PDF)
- Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Guide for Families (PDF Version)
- What Helps and What Hurts: When Someone You Care about Has Depression or Bipolar Disorder (PDF)
- What Helps and What Hurts: Supporting Young Adults (PDF)