Psychology / Psychopathology / Bipolar Disorder

Living with Someone Who's Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Practical Guide for Family, Friends, and Coworkers

by Chelsea Lowe & PhD, Bruce M. Cohen MD

An essential resource for anyone who has a close relationship with a person who is bipolar

This book provides a much-needed resource for family and friends of the more than 5 million American adults suffering...

Bipolar Disorder For Dummies

by Candida Fink & Joe Kraynak

Get an accurate diagnosis and get on with enjoying and living your life!

Bipolar Disorder affects many more people than just the millions who suffer from the disease. Like depression and other serious illnesses,...

Welcome to the Jungle: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Bipolar but Were Too Freaked Out to Ask

by Hilary Smith

Bipolar is currently the most commonly diagnosed emotional/psychiatric condition, and diagnosis tends to come when one is in one’s late teens or early 20s. And yet almost nothing has been written about it...

Living with Bipolar Disorder: Strategies for Balance and Resilience

by Lynn Hodges

From the initial diagnosis through recovery and transformation, this handbook offers positive, real-life solutions and support from one who not only suffers from bipolar disorder herself but has experienced...

This Fragile Life: A Mother's Story of a Bipolar Son

by Charlotte Pierce-Baker

“Illuminating and brilliant, with poetry and prose, mother and son lay bare the ravages of bipolar disorder and the journey toward growth and understanding. A touching, lyrical memoir.”  —Jewell Parker...

The Bipolar Spectrum

by Joel Paris

In the 1970s, author Joel Paris was one of the first doctors in his hospital to prescribe lithium to a psychiatric patient. In the wake of the drug's success, both in that case and countless others, why this...

Spies, Lies & Psychosis

by Joan Kopczynski

This is a journey through several bizarre espionage events leading to mental illness and a condition known as bipolar schizoaffective disorder. Her story tells of being betrayed by her lover, suffering public...