Understanding Depressive and Bipolar Disorders

Understanding Depressive and Bipolar Disorders is a website designed to help college counseling and other healthcare professionals learn to better distinguish between depressive disorders (unipolar depression) and bipolar disorders in the college population. UDBD.org provides information about these mood disorders and the key questions to ask when evaluating students. It includes useful tools, such as tips for differentiating among types of depression and case studies. The objective of this site is to trigger thought and understanding of these two conditions within the professional community, resulting in increased awareness when evaluating students for mental health conditions.