Please review these Rules of Use

Please note: These discussion boards are not monitored by DBSA staff. If this is an emergency or if you need immediate assistance, please call your health care provider, a counseling center in your community, or 1-800-273-8255.

1) These message boards are provided as a service to site visitors. Any information posted is the opinion of the author and does not represent views of DBSA.

2) Discussion of any particular medication or treatment strategy on these boards does not indicate endorsement from DBSA. DBSA does not endorse or recommend the use of any specific treatment or medication for mood disorders. For advice about specific treatments or medications, individuals should consult their health care provider(s).

3) Information contained on these message boards is the opinion of other users and should not take the place of consultation with your health provider. Do not stop taking your medication or alter your treatment plan without first consulting your health care provider(s).

4) Information posted on these boards is not confidential. All messages posted on the message boards become the property of DBSA and may be reused for other purposes.

5) The entire contents of the DBSA web site and these message boards, including graphics, logos, documents, databases and other information is the property of the DBSA or has been used by DBSA with permission.

6) Posted messages are not edited by DBSA.

7) Message boards are not regularly monitored for inappropriate postings. However, DBSA reserves the right, but is not obligated, to monitor postings and remove message or materials it believes to be inappropriate, inaccurate or in conflict with the views of DBSA, without prior consent from the author.

8) Message boards are not to be used to conduct or encourage any illegal activities, including software infringement, spreading computer viruses, gambling, distribution of pornography, or other illegal activities.

9) Message Boards shall not be used to upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.

10) Users shall not impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.

11) Users shall not "stalk" or otherwise harass another users.

12) Posting messages containing advertising, product promotion, promotion of professional services, clinical trials or research or links to related sites is strictly prohibited.

13) Message boards may not be used to conduct polls, research or otherwise gather information from users.

14) Use of this message board shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois. Users consent to be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of Cook County, Illinois, in the event of any dispute between the parties.

DBSA shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual's use of, or inability to use, the information on this message forum.

By using this site, users shall indemnify and hold DBSA, it's staff, and agents, harmless from and against any liability, claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) relating to any acts or omissions by users or to materials or information transmitted by users in connection with the use of the web site.

DBSA reserves the right to modify or change the rules of the Message Boards without prior notification to current or new users.

By using these message boards, you agree with all the terms and conditions of this Agreement.