Mission Statement

The Mission of Mariant Enterprises, Inc.’s SurvivingBipolar.com and Community of Hope forum websites is to provide the bipolar Community an anonymous, open forum in which to share ideas, research, success strategies, and to provide a safe place to share feelings, discover and discuss important lifesaving survival tools to empower individuals with this potentially fatal disorder – and foster hope and self worth needed for a brighter tomorrow.

Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Phone: (847) 256-8525
Web site: www.bpkids.org

The Center for Mental Health Services
Phone: 1-800-789-2647
Web site: www.mentalhealth.org

Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association
Phone: (410) 955-4647
Web site: www.drada.org

Depression Central
Phone: (212) 876-7800
Web site: http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.htm

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Phone: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
Web site: www.nami.org

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Phone: 1-800-826-3632
Web site: www.ndmda.org

National Foundation for Depressive Illness
Phone: 1-800-239-1265
Web site: www.depression.org

National Institute of Mental Health
Phone: (301) 443-4513
Web site: www.nimh.nih.gov

National Mental Health Association
Phone: 1-800-969-NMHA (6642)
Web site: www.nmha.org
General information on Psychiatry/Psychology

American Psychiatric Association
Phone: 1-888-357-7924
Web site: www.psych.org

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Phone: (202) 966-7300
Web site: www.aacap.org

National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health/Medline
Web site: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
Suicide
American Association of Suicidology
Phone: (202) 237-2280
Web site: www.suicidology.org

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Phone: 1-888-333-AFSP (2377)
Web site: www.afsp.org

National Hopeline Network
Phone: 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
Web site: www.hopeline.com

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
Phone: (952) 946-7989
Web site: www.save.org
Substance Abuse

Alcoholics Anonymous
Phone: (212) 870-3400
Web site: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Web site: www.niaaa.nih.gov

National Institute on Drug Abuse
Phone: (301) 443-1124
Web site: www.nida.nih.gov
Support for Caregivers
Caregiver information is also included in most of the above
mentioned sites.

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Phone: (703) 838-9808
Web site: www.aamft.org

Families for Depression Awareness
Phone: (617) 924-9383
Web site: www.familyaware.org