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D-21 Clinical Study
Cyberonics is currently sponsoring a post market clinical study on VNS Therapy in patients with Treatment Resistant Depression. This study is currently enrolling participants. To learn more about this study, please go to the following website: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00305565?order=1
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
www.dbsalliance.org
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the nation's leading patient-directed mental health organization. It focuses on depression and bipolar disorder, with links to local support groups nationwide.
American Psychiatric Association
www.psych.org
Find news, research and clinical resources, education, and guidelines from the nation's oldest national medical specialty society. The information you can access here includes many FAQs on illnesses and on choosing a psychiatrist.
NIMH
www.nimh.nih.gov
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Web site provides information from the federal agency that conducts and supports research on mental illnesses. It focuses on accelerating discoveries in biomedical research on mind, brain, and behavior.
Mental Health America
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/
Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) is the country's largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. With more than 320 affiliates nationwide, MHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million people with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service.
WebMD
www.webmd.com
Comprehensive health resource for consumers, physicians, nurses, and educators offers news, chat forums, health quizzes, and consumer product updates.
NAMI
www.nami.org
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases.
www.vagusnervestimulator.com
This website is focused on educating patients about new FDA approved treatments for chronic depression and highlights one person's experience with VNS Therapy. In addition, this website features the recently published book, Out of the Black Hole: The Patient’s Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression.
www.vnsdepression.com
This website was created by a spouse of a person with VNS Therapy to create an opportunity for education and to provide a forum for exchanging of experiences regarding VNS Therapy for treatment-resistant depression.
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