RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS

The COPE™ Program

www.copingwithmentalillness.com

The COPE™ Program is an educational tool that provides practical and useful information for understanding and coping with mental illness on a day-to-day basis. The COPE Program also helps people who are dealing with mental illness learn to regain footing in their lives by preparing them to live on their own and reenter the workforce.

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group

www.nami.org

NAMI Connection is a weekly recovery support group for people living with mental illness in which people learn from each others' experiences, share coping strategies, and offer each other encouragement and understanding. Find a support group near you.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

www.dbsalliance.org

730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 501
Chicago, IL 60654-7225
800-826-3632

The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is a patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments, and discover a cure. The organization works to ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably. DBSA was founded in 1985.

Families for Depression Awareness

www.familyaware.org

395 Totten Pond Road, Suite 404
Waltham, MA 02451
781-890-0220

Families for Depression Awareness helps families recognize and cope with depressive disorders. The purpose of this organization is to help families recognize and manage the various forms of depression and associated mood disorders, reduce stigma associated with depressive disorders, and unite families and help them heal in coping with depression.

Families for Depression Awareness offers a unique tool called the Mental Health Family Tree Builder. After completing a simple questionnaire, you can print an easy-to-read "family tree" that maps the existence of behaviors associated with bipolar disorder in your family. You can then share this family tree with your doctor or family. This builder is completely anonymous, and your personal information will not be saved.

The Jed Foundation

www.jedfoundation.org

220 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-647-7544

The Jed Foundation was founded in 2000 by Phil and Donna Satow after they sadly lost their 20-year-old son, Jed, to suicide. The Jed Foundation is a New York–based 501(c)(3) charitable organization with a mission to reduce the suicide rate among college and university students across the United States.

The organization's major initiatives are rooted in its widely distributed "Prescription for Prevention" model, which defines a comprehensive suicide prevention and mental health promotion framework for colleges and universities. Its programs, informed by both clinical and public health perspectives, target the full range of audiences who can influence college mental health, including students, colleges, politicians, mental health professionals, and parents. Its work involves fostering greater public awareness of the extent of college-age suicides, collaborating with colleges and universities to strengthen mental health services on campus, creating linkages between the academic research community that works on suicide prevention and the higher education professionals who work directly with students, and producing innovative Internet-based intervention systems for college students.

MedlinePlus

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated Medline searches are included in MedlinePlus and provide easy access to references to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, the latest health news, and surgery videos.

Mental Health America (MHA)

www.nmha.org

2000 N. Beauregard Street, 6th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
800-969-6MHA (6642)

Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) is dedicated to helping people live mentally healthier lives. With more than 320 affiliates nationwide, MHA represents a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well-being of the nation—every day and in times of crisis.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

www.nami.org

2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
800-950-NAMI (6264)

NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of both persons living with serious mental illness and their family members. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become a prominent national voice on mental illness. NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1,100 local communities across the country join together to advance the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.

National Hopeline Network

www.hopeline.com

800-SUICIDE (784-2433)

The Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC), along with its primary program, the National Hopeline Network, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to suicide prevention, intervention, and healing. The organization accomplishes this by providing a single point of entry to community-based crisis services through innovative telephone- and Internet-based technologies; by bringing national attention and access to services for postpartum depression and other women's mood disorders; through education and advocacy; through formal research and evaluation of crisis line services; and by championing the need for national funding for community-based suicide prevention crisis services.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

www.nimh.nih.gov

6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
866-615-6464

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. This public health mandate demands that the institute harness powerful scientific tools to achieve better understanding, treatment, and, eventually, prevention of these disabling conditions that affect millions of Americans.

The information on this Web site should not take the place of talking with your doctor or health care professional. If you have any questions about your condition, or if you would like more information about Seroquel XR, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. Only you and your health care professional can decide if Seroquel XR is right for you.

Important Safety Information and Indications for Seroquel XR

Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis (having lost touch with reality due to confusion and memory loss) treated with this type of medicine are at an increased risk of death, compared to placebo (sugar pill). Seroquel XR is not approved for treating these patients.

Antidepressants have increased the risk of suicidal thoughts and actions in some children, teenagers, and young adults. Patients of all ages starting treatment should be watched closely for worsening of depression, suicidal thoughts or actions, unusual changes in behavior, agitation, and irritability. Families and caregivers should watch patients daily and report these symptoms immediately to the physician. Seroquel XR is not approved for patients under the age of 18 years.

High blood sugar and diabetes have been reported with Seroquel XR and medicines like it. If you have diabetes or risk factors such as obesity or a family history of diabetes, ask your doctor about checking your blood sugar before starting Seroquel XR and regularly throughout treatment. If you develop symptoms of high blood sugar or diabetes, such as excessive thirst or hunger, increased urination, or weakness, contact your doctor. Complications from diabetes can be serious and even life threatening
Increases in cholesterol and triglycerides, and weight gain have been reported with Seroquel XR
A rare, but potentially fatal, side effect reported with Seroquel XR and medicines like it is neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). Tell your doctor if you have very high fever; rigid muscles; shaking; confusion; sweating; changes in pulse, heart rate, or blood pressure; or muscle pain and weakness because treatment should be stopped if you have NMS
Another serious side effect reported with Seroquel XR and medicines like it is tardive dyskinesia (TD)—uncontrollable movements of the face, tongue, or other parts of the body. TD may become permanent, and the risk of TD is believed to increase as the length of time on and the amount of these medications increase. While TD can develop in patients taking low doses for short periods, this is much less common. There is no known treatment for TD, but it may go away partially or completely if treatment is stopped
Before starting treatment, tell your doctor if you have high prolactin levels or have a history of, or are at risk for, seizures or a low white blood cell (WBC) count. An eye exam for cataracts is recommended at the beginning of treatment and every 6 months thereafter
During treatment, tell your doctor if you feel dizzy or lightheaded upon standing, or if you have trouble swallowing
Suicidal thoughts or actions may occur; tell your doctor if you have thoughts about death or suicide
Since drowsiness has been reported with Seroquel XR, you should not participate in activities such as driving or operating machinery until you know that you can do so safely. Avoid drinking alcohol while taking Seroquel XR because Seroquel XR increases the effects of alcohol. Avoid becoming overheated or dehydrated while taking Seroquel XR
Common side effects: The most common side effects are drowsiness, dry mouth, increases in cholesterol and triglycerides, constipation, upset stomach, dizziness, a sudden drop in blood pressure upon standing, weight gain, increased hunger, tiredness, increases in blood sugar, difficulty speaking, and stuffy nose

This is not a complete summary of safety information. Please discuss the full Prescribing Information with your health care provider.

Indications

Seroquel XR is a once-daily tablet approved to treat acute depressive episodes in bipolar disorder; acute manic or mixed episodes in bipolar disorder alone or when added to lithium or divalproex; long-term maintenance of bipolar disorder when added to lithium or divalproex; and schizophrenia.

Click here to see Prescribing Information for Seroquel XR, including Boxed Warnings.

Please see the last page of the Prescribing Information for the Medication Guide.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

Patient photos are intended to be representative of typical patients with bipolar disorder and are not of actual patients.