Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

DBSA SUMMARY

The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the nation's leading patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses - depression and bipolar disorder. Our mission is: To improve the lives of people living with mood disorders. The organization fosters an understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening 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. More information is available at www.DBSAlliance.org or on our community wellness site at www.FacingUs.org.