The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know Third Edition

Book for both bipolar person and their family. Provided guidance for whole family when you need them to understand your condition. I feel so much better now that I understand what my loved one was experiencing. Great all round book for bipolar disorders.

This covers so much! Great for the person that is bipolar and the family (my case). I understand what my loved one is going through and am more understanding.

This is an excellent book. The new edition comes out in September but the 2013 version I purchased is right on the money with the information it contains. I highly recommend it! Four colleagues and family members have also purchased it with my recommendation. It's available in paper or audible.

This book is a great resource. It gave information that I was unaware of.

I have a dear friend recently diagnosed with Bipolar, and bought this book to learn about the illness. It is a great, broad introduction to the subject. There is quite a bit of information about how someone with the illness can learn to understand their "triggers" and recognize when their mood is becoming unstable, and respond before reaching the full-blown crisis stage. The treatment of therapy is disappointing, though. The author gives very simplistic explanations of different techniques and seems to imply that someone can just apply the techniques to themself. And there seems to be a heavy emphasis on medication, but nothing about how nutrition can impact mental illness. To be fair, no single book can cover all the aspects of dealing with this complicated illness, and this is a very good place to start.I purchased a copy for my friend, and he liked it and learned a lot as well.

I wish they issued a copy of this to everyone when they get diagnosed, it would save so much time and trouble. This book is thorough and easy to read while including important things I've not found outside medical journals. Includes useful medication information beyond the scope of average doctor appointments, what it looks like in women and children, sample charts and contracts to use, and real life examples that help you navigate and understand similar situations written with a depth of personal understanding and compassion that is truly meaningful to anyone suffering from this illness. This book answers questions you needed the answers to but didn't even know to ask. It's an absorbing read if you want to understand more about the why's and how's of every aspect of treatment and a useful resource if you want to look up things as needed. I recommend it to anyone trying to gain more control over their own illness or explain it to others and anyone else affected by bipolar, including practitioners. It's the kind of book you're going to want to give a copy of to your doctor, or bring along so you can point to a page and say "This!".

The media could not be loaded. Purchased 5 copies of this book for each of my family members after the youngest child was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder I …I’m the artist of the family so I always joke that I hate science and struggle to understand it. But this book is so well written and organized that I’m learning so much and actually enjoying doing so. I feel confident that I’ll be able to help my little brother navigate his new diagnosis and live a full life anyway

I’ve read a lot of books on bipolar disorder, and none is the great mix of understandable and complete medical info that this guide is. Awesome info about managing various types of bipolar disorder to live a good life. So many books about bipolar disorder seem to focus primarily on how horrible things are for the family (which, I get it, they sure can be) and treat the person with BD as a burden and a curse, ignoring their humanity/experience, and mostly as medication evangelization. This book isn’t like that. It’s written for the person with BD and talks them through the mechanics of the condition, actual research on it, medication possibilities (with REAL info to help one understand and choose options with their pdoc), healthy behaviors (SO important), recognizing triggers, and so forth. It’s a fantastic tool/resource that assumes people with BD are real humans, capable of learning about and participating in the management of their condition. Huge thanks to the author for this valuable guide.