Mood Disorder Web Assignment

 

Here are 4 websites dedicated to providing information about mood disorders.  Choose 2 of them, and answer the questions that follow.

 

www.dbsalliance.org

 

www.depression.org

 

www.psycom.net/depression.central.html

 

www.pendulum.org

 

Which of the two provided the best information for family and friends?  Why?  Identify one unique aspect of the family/friend information that you found on this site.

 

Which of the two provided the best information for the person with a mood disorder?  Why?  Identify one unique aspect of the "patient" information that you found on this site.

 

When you look at each site, which one has something that the other just simply doesn't have?  What is it?  What do you think about this difference (e.g. is it important, does it make the website stronger, does it say something about the audience for the website etc.)?