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Special Web Supplement:

Introduction

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neurodevelopmental Diseases
Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Brain Disease: Neuropsychiatric Diseases

Collected below are links to some useful Web resources and a small selection of recent Science articles on the neuropsychiatric disorders schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder, to provide additional context for the discussion in Science's 31 October 2003 special issue on brain disease.

Schizophrenia

Selected Web Resources
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders
Global organization aimed at "lightening the burden of schizophrenia and allied disorders for sufferers and their families." Web site includes information about schizophrenia and related disorders, selected online publications, and pointers to additional resources.
Schizophrenia Information at NIMH
Worthwhile selection of resources at the National Institute of Mental Health includes link to online booklet (also available in PDF format) with useful background.
Schizophrenia Society of Canada
Site of Canadian charity features collection of interesting Web links on schizophrenia and other disorders.
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Nonprofit organization raising funds for research into the causes, cures, treatments and prevention of "severe psychiatric brain disorders, such as schizophrenia and depression."
Schizophrenia: What You Need to Know
Useful fact sheet from the nonprofit National Mental Health Association.
Schizophrenia at OMIM
Comprehensive review of evidence for genetic links to schizophrenia susceptibility, from the NIH Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man destination.
Schizophrenia.com
Wealth of information on schizophrenia, along with online discussion and chat features, developed by the brother of a schizophrenia victim.
MedlinePlus: Schizophrenia
Well-edited collection of links from the National Library of Medicine.
Selected Science Articles
News Focus: Deconstructing Schizophrenia
Constance Holden
Science 299, 333-335 (2003)
[Summary] [Full text]
Review: Schizophrenia: Diverse Approaches to a Complex Disease
Akira Sawa and Solomon H. Snyder
Science 296, 692-695 (2002)
[Abstract] [Full text]
Report: No Major Schizophrenia Locus Detected on Chromosome 1q in a Large Multicenter Sample
Douglas F. Levinson et al.
Science 296, 739-741 (2002)
[Abstract] [Full text]
Review: Linking Mind and Brain in the Study of Mental Illnesses: A Project for a Scientific Psychopathology
Nancy C. Andreasen
Science 275, 1586-1593 (1997)
[Abstract] [Full text]
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Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Selected Web Resources
MayoClinic.com Mental Health Center
Superb site has useful and comprehensive overviews of mood disorders including depression and bipolar disorder.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Attractive and informative destination of a leading patient-directed information and advocacy organization.
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
A site covering issues related to these diseases as they affect children and teens; includes a variety of online audiovisual presentations.
National Mental Health Association
Site of the nonprofit NMHA offers a variety of fact sheets on depression and bipolar disorder, as well as a depression screening site targeted at potential victims of clinical depression.
NIMH Fact Sheets: Depression and Bipolar Disorder
Nicely executed overviews (also available in PDF format) on the two diseases from the National Institute of Mental Health.
MedlinePlus: Depression and Bipolar Disorder
Online resources collected by the National Library of Medicine.
Bipolar Affective Disorder at OMIM
Thorough review of literature on genetic dimensions of bipolar disorder and major depression, from the NIH Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man destination.
Selected Science Articles
News Focus: Depression Drugs' Powers May Rest on New Neurons
Gretchen Vogel
Science 301, 757 (2003)
[Summary] [Full text]
Report: Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene
Avshalom Caspi et al.
Science 301, 386-389 (2003)
[Abstract] [Full text]
News Focus: The Medication Merry-Go-Round
Kathryn Brown
Science 299, 1646-1649 (2003)
[Summary] [Full text]
News Focus: New Brain Cells Prompt New Theory of Depression
Gretchen Vogel
Science 290, 258-259 (2000)
[Summary] [Full text]
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[Note on access: Abstracts/summaries of the Science articles on this page, as well as full text of Research Articles and Reports published more than 12 months ago, are available free with registration. Access to full text of news articles, Viewpoints, Perspectives, and Reviews, and to research papers published less than 12 months ago, is available free to AAAS members and institutional subscribers or via individual article purchase.]

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)