Welcome to the website of the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder (OBAD). To learn more about us, please click here.
This page includes site news posted to the front page. More recent news is at the top, older at the bottom. Older news may be out of date. When in doubt, please confirm meeting times in advance as they are subject to change.
We're happy to announce that we've updated our website. The layout has been improved and the underlying software has been updated to the latest version.
All of the same information including our Ask an Expert Q&A's, articles, and meetings are still available and are under the same organization as before.
If you have any questions or find any problems or missing pages please contact webmaster@obad.ca. Thank you.
In our latest Ask an Expert Q & A, Dr. Gorman answers a question on how to manage health side effects of taking multiple medications over time. Click here to read more...
The Bipolar Education Group in Edmonton as well as the OBAD Red Deer Support Group have announced new meetings.
For details, please see our Edmonton Meetings page or for Red Deer, see our Alberta Meetings page.
Update - July 27: To register for the Edmonton group, please call 780-342-7691 and ask to register for the Bipolar Education Group.
In our latest Ask an Expert Q & A, Dr. Gorman provides advice and information for parents of children who may be at risk due to showing symptoms of mania. Click here to read this article.
In our latest Ask an Expert Q&A, Dr. Gorman answers a question about the use of marijuana in treating bipolar disorder. Click here to read this Q&A.
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