Bipolar affective disorder---left out in the cold

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Footnotes RM has received funding from several pharmaceutical companies (AstraZeneca, GlaxoWellcome, SmithKline Beecham, Lilly, Lundbeck, Pfizer and Wyeth) for attending symposiums, speaking, or organising educational meetings about mood disorders. RM is also a member of the NHS executive North West mental health taskforce to implement the national strategic framework for mental health. MM is a member of the serious mental illness project group at the Department of Health. AH is a research psychologist employed by a national user charity (Manic Depression Fellowship) for people with bipolar affective disorder.