Mental Health Bipolar

Liz Casper is a former medical doctor, artis, and author from the Pacific Northwest. In her first book, BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL, BIPOLAR, Liz shares with us her personal journey before, during, and after her diagnosis of bipolar disorder. The book, set in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, chronicles Liz’s experience both living with and healing from this devasting diagnosis.

Carrie Cantwell grew up with an unstable father who suffered from manic depression. His emotional absence left her wounded and yearning for his affection. To make matters worse, she struggled with inexplicable mood swings of her own. As a child, she was hyperactive and attention-seeking. By her twenties she was engaging in reckless behavior to quiet her inner demons. When Carrie was 24, her father died by suicide, and she was hit with her first major depressive episode. When she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, her heart sank. It felt like a death sentence. At age 38 and in a failing, ...

Getting an accurate diagnosis is the first step toward reclaiming your life from bipolar disorder. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life. You need current information and practical problem-solving advice you can count on. You've come to the right place.

You will say, "OMG That's Me!" Meet six people who transformed their struggles with bipolar disorder, depression, PTSD, and more... through their strength, perseverance and by finding humor in their challenges. This poignant, funny and refreshing book let's us know we are not alone by sharing challenges, and heartbreak along with the ridiculous moments of life with mental illness.

An essential resource designed to help partners of people with bipolar disorder mend strained relationships, negotiate episodic crises, survive the turbulence manic behavior may cause, and more.

This book explains what bipolar disorder is, outlines medications that work to combat it, describes Bridget's journey with God, and talks about how the stigma of mental illness has been somewhat alleviated, but there is still work to be done.

In this book, David Gray-Hammond takes us on a journey through the landscape of being Autistic and Psychotic. Using both personal and professional experience, he interweaves academic literature with personal anecdotes, giving context to the loosely studied area of psychosis in Autistic people. David highlights the impact of the lack of understanding, as well as discussing how one might help an Autistic person experiencing psychosis. Further to this, he considers how we might redefine the role of psychiatry in the lives of Autistic people and how we might address the social issues that ...

There are a lot of personality disorders, so many, sometimes, that we lose track. Personally, I know someone with schizophrenia, several people who have narcissist traits, autism, and ADHD that run in my own family, and even a few people diagnosed with borderline disorder. Disorders are a part of society, whether you like it or not. We may feel, at times, that those disorders cause people to act "strange" or "rude" or "manipulative". And this may be true, but if we understand the disorders, we can more easily guess where it came from and handle them more appropriately, too.

No one is better suited to provide people with BD with practical problem-solving help than leading expert David J. Miklowitz. From managing mood swings to dealing with anxiety, getting enough sleep, defusing family conflicts, and troubleshooting medications, this book offers keys to effective self-care.

People want to live with fewer restrictions on their lives and achieve meaning, purpose, and success. Those with bipolar disorder have been given limiting thoughts of things they can’t do by others and negative stigmas. This audiobook gives positive messages and a calming background to help change to a positive mindset. Split into two parts, subliminal affirmations and the laws of attraction guide, this audiobook will first present you with affirmations to enter your subconscious and show that it can help in the most positive way to see a new outlook for change.

Serious in part, yet at times humorous, Gently Dented chronicles what it is like living with a severe mental disorder. Each chapter explores the various trials of living with an abnormal mind. With absolute truth and conviction, Meaghan Hilary attempts to meet, head on, the challenges of describing the personal and social experiences of being a bipolar schizophrenic. Gently Dented is Meaghan Hilary's written account of living with hallucinations, paranoia, grand delusions, mixed episodes, mania, and depression. It is a peek into the mind of a bipolar schizophrenic. Now with a new afterword ...

Christians living with mental illness need proper coping skills. Medication is not a cure all. This survival book is intended for those suffering with Bipolar Disorder. At the time of writing the author was diagnosed with BP. He now is said to have schizoaffective disorder - bipolar type. From research to experience, Christian with Bipolar Disorder is for those who have the illness as well as those trying to understand what their loved ones are experiencing.

When bipolar disorder afflicts the person you love, you suffer too. How have other couples learned to manage the relationship strains caused by this illness? What can you do to provide your partner with truly helpful nurturance and support? No one cares more deeply about these questions than Dr. Cynthia Last, a highly regarded therapist/researcher who also has bipolar disorder.

Most people diagnosed with bipolar disorder are sent home with the name of a doctor and multiple prescriptions. However, few people with bipolar disorder are able to find long-term stability with medications alone. Bipolar disorder researcher and expert Julie A. Fast, who was diagnosed with the illness at age thirty-one, and specialist John Preston, PsyD, offer the pioneering Take Charge program used around the world to help listeners promote stability, reduce mood swings, increase work ability, decrease health care costs, and improve relationships.

Her mood swings drove away her would-be husband. Can she slow life down before she’s left behind? Maggie Hovis battles herself daily. Scrambling to pick up the pieces after something possesses her to pelt a shoe at her fiancé, the law student quickly takes up the suggestion to see a therapist. But she’s crushed when she receives a stigmatizing Bipolar II diagnosis and fears her shot at normal just died. Now saddled with a label and terrified she’ll end up like her institutionalized great aunt, Maggie delves into her family’s storied history of mental illness. And with tensions at a...

Empower yourself with the knowledge and strategies to thrive with bipolar disorder.

Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for You and Your Loved Ones is a concise, essential guide to bipolar disorders. Written in a non-technical jargon, this guide is ideal for patients and their families who wish to gain an understanding of bipolar disorders, those looking for support, paths for moving forward, and advice for living with the disease.

At age fourteen, Laura Delano saw her first psychiatrist, who immediately diagnosed her with bipolar disorder and started her on a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant. At school, Delano was elected the class president and earned straight-As and a national squash ranking; at home, she unleashed all the rage and despair she felt, lashing out at her family and locking herself in her bedroom, obsessing over death.

From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By 19, he was dead. This is Danielle Steel's powerful, personal story of the son she lost and the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness. Sharing tender, painful memories and Nick's remarkable journals, Steel brings us a haunting duet between a singular young man and the mother who loved him - and a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression, which afflicts between two and three million Americans.

Growing up with a mom who has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is difficult - but it’s still possible to have a functioning adult relationship with her. When Your Mother Has Borderline Personality Disorder provides you with crucial information for understanding the patterns behind her Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as the tools you need to start your own recovery process.