Overcoming Depression and Manic Depression (Bipolar Disorder) A Whole-Person Approach (Paperback)

by Paul A. Wider (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"I've read all of the books on manic depression and this book is the only one that comes at healing manic depression from so many angles." -- A reader from Michigan

Dear Mr. Wider,

Thank God for people like you. Your book is wonderfully insightful to the bipolar illness. Most information is too clinical to really understand. -- A reader from the USA --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Read this book and feel better. Counselor and author Paul Wider, MA shares his own battle with and victory over depression and bipolar disorder--formerly called manic depression. His hope is contagious as he shares numerous practical tools he used and you can use to get well and stay well. Helpful information for caregivers is also included.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 229 pages
• Publisher: Wellness Communications (February 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964915170
• ISBN-13: 978-0964915176
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #214,758 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book helped me to get well!, March 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Overcoming Depression And Manic Depression (Bipolar Depression) The Non - Drug Approach (Paperback)

I have found "Overcoming Depression and Manic Depression (Bipolar Depression)The Non-Drug Approach" to be filled with wisdom and packed with practical and insightful tools to help one become a whole person. Usually medication alone can not bring one to mood stability and healing any more than pain medication can cure infection. Pain medication may dull the pain, but wouldn't be able to heal the underlying infection that causes the pain. Wider uses many approaches to getting well which when followed really work! I am personally grateful for the morsels of life I have gleaned from this book. Wider helps one get to the root causes, deals with them, and offers real hope and tools for healing.

I would highly recommend this book to those who want to get well and stay well. Family and friends would really benefit from this book as well.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hope, Healing & Recovery "from one who lived it!" Excellent!, March 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Overcoming Depression And Manic Depression (Bipolar Depression) The Non - Drug Approach (Paperback)

Did you think it was impossible to heal without drugs? The author, Wider who lived Depression & Manic Depression has healed! A practical, hopeful, consoling and solution filled book in lay person's language. Highly recommended to anyone, especially those who cannot or will not take meds or those for whom meds don't work. Wider's "tools" can be used by those taking medication as well as those not taking it.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable guide to wise and practical living, January 16, 2002

By A Customer

Paul Wider's "Overcoming Depression and Manic Depression: A Whole Person Approach" is a remarkable tool--not only for those who suffer from bipolar disorder and depression, but also for those who do not. This is an extraordinary guide to wise and practical living, regardless of your clinical psychological condition. Mr. Wider emphasizes the importance of diet, exercise, and sensible healing activities and strategies as a sage approach to healthful everyday living. For those suffering from bipolar depression, the book provides a long list of ways of coping with and managing the disorder. I strongly recommend this title to all.