Resources that can help

• An informative booklet produced by the BBC (PDF)
• How bipolar disorder has affected some college students
• The personal story of a bipolar college student
• An extensive FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Top 10 mistakes made by people with bipolar disorder
• In-depth discussion of common medications
• Bipolar disorder and suicide

Physical and online resources

• UAB Counseling and Wellness Services
• Disability Support Services for support and backup

Other online resources

• Ulifeline is an online resource for students' mental health and emotional well being
• Depression & bipolar site with many helpful articles and links
• Find a UAB doctor
• UAB mental health resources
• Find bipolar support groups
• National Alliance on Mental Illness - articles and support groups
• The Icarus Project: changing how bipolar is viewed

Books

• Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America by Elizabeth Wurtzel is an award-winning account of a depressed (probably bipolar) young woman growing up in the days before Prozac. Ground-breaking, and written with brutal honesty.
• Touched With Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament by Kay Redfield Jamison (Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins)

Movies

• Hilary and Jackie
• Shine