Balance - NZ Bipolar Network

Are you subject to manic depression/bipolar affective disorder and do you live in New Zealand?

One per cent of the human race has this disorder, so there are 30,000 of us in New Zealand. Support groups have sprung up in a number of our cities and we are building a National Network. Some support groups are run by health professionals but a growing number are run by people with the disorder.

OUR PURPOSE

The purpose of a Support Group is to:

• publish information on the disorder locally
• have regular meetings to provide support
• have meetings with knowledgeable speakers
• have social outings
• act as a "buddy system" whereby members maintain contact with each other
• maintain contact with the National Network.

The purpose of the National Network is to:

• maintain contact throughout the country using a regular phone link and a newsletter
• encourage the formation of Support Groups in areas which do not have them
• seek and maintain international links
• publish information at the national level.

CONTACT

BALANCE
Dr Carolyn Doughty
National Coordinator
NZ Bipolar Network
PO Box 13266
Christchurch
phone: 03 3663 631 and leave a message
email bipolar@balance.org.nz
website www.balance.org.nz

Also visit the South Australian Mood Disorders Association and Manic Depressive Society Inc. (Christchurch)

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