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DBSA chapters across the country offer support groups, many of which are now operating online during the current health crisis. Enter your zip code to find your local support group.


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    DBSA Leadership Summit Week
    September 27th – October 1st

    This year’s DBSA Virtual Leadership Summit has been expanded to a week-long event, providing expanded sessions with practical information, and resources for our community.

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    Introducing a New Podcast

    If you live with depression or bipolar, when things are at their worst it can feel like it will never get better. These times do pass. When we reflect on our experiences and circumstances, we can find the strength we have shown during our greatest challenges. DBSA’s blog and podcast series, I’m Living Proof: A Letter to My Younger Self, shares inspiring stories of young adult peers who are living proof that we can overcome even the most difficult times.

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    DBSA program helps children make friends with their feelings

    If there’s a young child in your life, we think you’ll be excited to learn more about the DBSA Mood Crew™!

    Meet the DBSA Mood Crew™!

    Updates

    June 2021 eUpdate

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    May 2021 eUpdate

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    April 2021 eUpdate

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    Daily tools empower your wellness journey

    Each person’s wellness journey is unique. With that in mind, DBSA has developed tools to help you take the first steps and to determine what support you may need along the way.

    Start with Strengths

    The DBSA Wellness Wheel is an easy-to-use tool that focuses on your strengths in 7 key areas of life. 

    DBSA Wellness Wheel

    Wellness Wheel

    Keep Daily Logs

    Our Wellness Tracker can be an essential resource to understand your moods, symptoms, medications, and lifestyle.

    DBSA Wellness Tracker Workbook

     

    Wellness Tracker

    Parent and child

    When I joined I felt isolated and in crisis. I didn’t know where to turn. I found a supportive community of educated, helpful and kind parents who love their children very much. I desperately needed to know that my son could find light at the end of the tunnel. I found optimism and helpful suggestions.
    —Balanced Mind Parent Network member

    The Balanced Mind Parent Network (BMPN) is an online support community where you’ll find connection, resources, and hope for the road ahead.

    Join the BMPN Online Community

    Peer Stories

    Carrie Cantwell

    I wasn’t diagnosed with bipolar disorder until my first depressive episode, which was triggered by my dad’s suicide.

    Amy Taylor

    Despite my childhood years where I was diagnosed with ADHD, my struggle with mental illness began many years ago in high school during my sophomore year.
    David Neuer

    Is there a tipping point in a person’s life where the drive to be better, to never quit, and to throw off doubt...

    DBSA Programs

    I'm here...

    I’m here…

    I’m here… is a way—for both people living with a mood disorder and those who support—to open up a channel for communication and to say, “I’m here…”

    Life Unlimited

    Empowering stories of individuals whose lives have been touched, but not limited by, a mood disorder.
    Young Adults

    Young Adults

    The Young Adult section is to support young adults through challenges as well as help them connect to other young adult peers.
    Parent and child

    Balanced Mind Parent Network

    The Balanced Mind Parent Network (BMPN) is an online support community where you’ll find connection, resources, and hope for the road ahead.
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