Bipolar 101: A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and More [Paperback]

Ruth C. White (Author), John D. Preston (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2009

After receiving a bipolar diagnosis, you need clear answers. Bipolar 101 is a straightforward guide to understanding bipolar disorder. It includes all the information you need to control your symptoms and live better. Authored by both a psychologist and a mental health expert who has bipolar disorder herself, this pocket guide is the only book on bipolar disorder you'll ever need.

The best primer ever written on the topic of bipolar disorder.
-Stephen Hinshaw, editor of Psychological Bulletin and chair of the department of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley

Printed with soy-based inks on 100 percent post-consumer waste recycled paper. Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.

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In Bipolar 101, a mental health advocate who has personal experience with bipolar disorder offers this guide to the ten simple--yet not always easy--essential steps readers need to take to control this serious and challenging condition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (February 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572245603
• ISBN-13: 978-1572245600
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #432,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bipolar 101, July 6, 2009

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Bipolar 101: A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and more
This book was an excellent resource put together in an easy to read format for anyone who has Bipolar or any family and friends who want to learn more about the disease. It contains excellent website resources, easy to understand references on medications, and charts (that you can personalize or design using a spreadsheet like Excel) that chart your moods by triggers, for example. On these points alone I would highly recommend this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great to carry in your purse, June 7, 2009

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This review is from: Bipolar 101: A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and More (Paperback)

This is a small book, but it contains alot of very good info. I keep it in my purse to read when I'm waiting in the car, or doctors office etc.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, March 23, 2010

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Kirstin Grimes "KKCG" (NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bipolar 101: A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and More (Paperback)

I try to make it a point to read all the books I can find about bipolar disorder. I was diagnosed 7 years ago as type 2. Its something you can never stop learning about. So when this book came out I checked it out at the library. I have since purchased it I like it so much. It offers everything anyone who was or knows someone who was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder could ever hope to know as of now. It has all the basics and then goes into more specifics. It offers great resources to continue your education on the subject and help make a life of living with bipolar disorder so much easier.