This list is just getting started, with new members continuing to join. Discussions thus far have involved the differentiation of bipolar illness from ADHD, bright light therapy for bipolar disorder, and pathophysiology of bipolar illness. Participation has been light, and attempts will be made to increase this by posting more literature reviews and queries about cases.
Various efforts are in place to try to stimulate a bit more interest, communication and activity.
These include invitations to specific individuals to submit brief papers or items for discussion, submission of reference details for relevant papers, chapters, or books, circulation of conference paper abstracts given by members and so on. This has produced a marginal increase in communications. Hopefully we will see increased communications now that the system is fully operative and the initial bugs have been sorted out. Over the past several weeks, discussion has focused on the structure of personality disorder ratings. This led to a broader discussion of structure of personality trait ratings.