Download or read book Bye Bipolar Life Ain t Over written by Syles C. Smythe and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-21 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why read a book when the book can read to you? This book just doesnt explain in dry, unpronounceable language what having bipolar disease is, it takes you through the various labyrinthine dimensions of it through stories and poems, and back out the other side to peace and even contentment with the challenges the author has faced in her life, fought and won, with the victory of life over an inevitable permanent institutionalization, like her biological grandfather, or a premature death from the devastating effects of this illness. The purpose of this book is to bring hope to all who suffer mental illness and feel like there is no way out.
Download or read book Bye Bipolar Life Ain t Over written by Syles C. Smythe and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHY READ A BOOK WHEN THE BOOK CAN READ TO YOU? THIS BOOK JUST DOESN'T EXPLAIN IN DRY, UNPRONOUNCEABLE LANGUAGE WHAT HAVING BIPOLAR SYNDROME IS, THIS BOOK TAKES YOU THROUGH THE VARIOUS LABYRINTHINE DIMENSIONS, LOQUACIOUS RAMBLINGS, TRUE STORIES, POEMS, MUSINGS BACK OUT TO THE OTHER SIDE TO PEACE AND TRANQUILITY, EVEN CONTENTMENT WITH THE CHALLENGES THIS AUTHOR HAS FACED IN HER LIFETIME. SHE HAS FOUGHT AND WON WITH VICTORY OVER AN INEVITABLE PERMANENT INSTITUTIONALIZATION, LIKE HER BIOLOGIC GRANDFATHER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. CHERRY HAS CONTINUED TO LIVE WITH THIS DISORDER WITH GOD'S GRACE, SAVING HER A PREMATURE DEMISE, STILL HERE ON THIS PLANET TO GUIDE OTHERS AND PROVIDE STEP-BY-STEP IDEAS ON HOW TO KEEP ON LIVING WITH THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS, THE UPS AND DOWNS OF EVERYDAY LIFE, FOR NONE OF US HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE OUR LIFE OR ANY OTHER, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO WAY OUT UNLESS YOU SET YOUR HEART ON GOD.
Download or read book An Unquiet Mind written by Kay Redfield Jamison and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.
Download or read book Mental Wealth written by Emi Golding and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental Wealth reveals an approach to workplace mental health and wellbeing that is proven to actually get results. Despite having a huge impact on the productivity, profitability, and culture of organizations, there is very little guidance currently provided to managers and leaders on how to effectively manage workplace mental health and wellbeing. What does exist is often focused on the legal aspects of minimizing risk that it misses the psychology of workplace mental health and high performance and actually ends up creating risk for workplaces. Mental Wealth is a guide for managers and leaders on how to manage employees who may be experiencing mental health issues in the workplace. Founders of the Workplace Mental Health Institute, Peter Diaz and Emi Golding, provide an essential foundation for addressing workplace mental health. Some of the essential foundations discussed include dispelling myths about workplace mental health, the factors that cause and contribute to mental health issues, the impact those factors are having on workplaces, the benefits of addressing mental health appropriately, and 7 Pillars for a mentally Wealthy Workplace. Mental Wealth also includes case studies and practical strategies that can be implemented for immediate results.
Download or read book Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder written by Julie A. Fast and published by Balance. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder is a groundbreaking, comprehensive program to help those with bipolar disorder—and those who care about them—gain permanent control over their lives. 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 readers promote stability, reduce mood swings, increase work ability, decrease health care costs, and improve relationships. The book guides those with bipolar disorder and their loved ones toward a comprehensive personal treatment plan by incorporating: Medications and bipolar-safe supplements Lifestyle changes that help manage bipolar symptoms naturally Behavior modifications that reduce and prevent symptoms Guidelines on assembling an effective support team By helping readers gather powerful strategies, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder delivers a dynamic program to treat this difficult but ultimately manageable illness.
Download or read book Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder written by Julie A. Fast and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maintaining a relationship is hard enough without the added challenges of your partner’s bipolar disorder symptoms. Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder offers information and step-by-step advice for helping your partner manage mood swings and impulsive actions, allowing you to finally focus on enjoying your relationship while also taking time for yourself. This book explains the symptoms of your partner’s disorder and offers strategies for preventing them and responding to these symptoms when they do occur. This updated edition includes a new section about the medications your partner may be taking so that you can understand the side effects and help monitor his or her bipolar treatment. As a supportive partner, you deserve support yourself. This book will help you create a more balanced, fulfilling relationship. Improve your relationship by learning how to: • Identify your partner’s symptom triggers so you can prevent episodes • Improve communication by stopping irrational “bipolar conversations” • Handle your partner’s emotional ups and downs • Foster closeness and connection with your partner
Download or read book Speaking Bipolar s 30 Days of Positivity written by Scott Ninneman and published by Speaking Bipolar. This book was released on 2024-08-03 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to have a positive mindset? It's hard to stay upbeat in today's world, especially if you have a mental illness like bipolar disorder. Difficult, but not impossible. Speaking Bipolar's 30 Days of Positivity was first created as an email course to help readers get through the emotional chaos of the last months of the year. Through motivating stories, Scott Ninneman (creator of Speaking Bipolar and living with bipolar 1 disorder) gave the participants a positive theme to focus on each day and how to live successfully with bipolar. After the first readers completed the course, they all said the same thing: "This needs to be a book!" So here it is, the original course, newly edited and formatted, and including all the additional reading content. Each day has an uplifting message and a journal prompt to think deeper about the day's topic. The end of every lesson also includes a creative writing prompt, which you can use as a second journal prompt. The chapter after each lesson is additional reading material linked to in the original course. People who took the 30 Day's course all rated it a 9-10. They said: - "This course is a real blessing in my life!" - "Very helpful and heart warming course." - "It made me feel not so alone." - "I looked forward to it every morning." Find out what they loved so much by reading your copy today.
Download or read book My Lovely Wife written by Mark Lukach and published by Bluebird. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark and Giulia's life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their dream life in San Francisco. When Giulia was twenty-seven, she suffered a terrifying and unexpected psychotic break that landed her in the psych ward for nearly a month. One day she was vibrant and well-adjusted; the next she was delusional and suicidal, convinced that she was the devil and that her loved ones were not safe. All she wanted was to die. Eventually, Giulia fully recovered, and the couple had a son. But, soon after Jonas was born, Giulia had another breakdown, and then a third a few years after that. pushed to the edge of the abyss, everything the couple had once taken for granted was upended. A story of the fragility of the mind, and the tenacity of the human spirit, My Lovely Wife is, above all, a love story that raises profound questions: How do we care for the people we love? What and who do we live for? Breathtaking in its candor, radiant with compassion, and written with dazzling lyricism, Lukach's is an intensely personal odyssey through the harrowing years of his wife's mental illness, anchored by an abiding devotion to family that will affirm readers' faith in the power of love.
Download or read book When Someone You Know Has Depression written by Susan J. Noonan and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Following on the success of Managing Your Depression, Susan Noonan's new book is for family members and friends of people with depression or bipolar disorder. A certified peer specialist at McLean Hospital (a comprehensive psychiatric hospital affiliated with Harvard University), Susan draws on her experiences providing support and education for those living with or caring for a person who has a mood disorder. A family member who has a mood disorder affects the entire family. Further, family members and close friends are often the first to recognize the subtle changes and symptoms of depression--and they are also the people who provide daily support to their loved ones, often at great personal price. Caring for someone with a mood disorder differs from caring for someone with a physical medical disorder, in ways that complicate the caregiving role. A concise and practical guide to the daily management of depression and bipolar depression written for the caregiver, the book explains how to reinforce lessons the patient has been taught in therapy, how to role model resilience skills, and how caregivers can and must care for themselves. It describes effective communication strategies and advises how to find appropriate professional help. Its many tables and worksheets convey much needed information in an accessible way. References, Resources, and a Glossary complete the package. Overall the book helps readers navigate the depression or biopolar disorder of someone close to them, providing readers with words to say and things to do as they try to help someone change the course of a sometimes confounding and often disabling illness"--
Download or read book The Bipolar Handbook written by Wes Burgess and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Dr. Wes Burgess, the diagnosis of bipolar disorder means hope-hope for the estimated ten million people who will develop the disorder during their lifetimes, and hope for the families and friends of people who suffer from it. Drawing upon the real questions asked by patients and families during his nearly twenty years as a bipolar specialist, The Bipolar Handbook comprehensively tackles every area of the disorder, from its causes to medical treatment and psychotherapy, to strategies for creating a healthy lifestyle, to the prevention of, coping with, and treatment of bipolar episodes. From the more than five hundred questions and answers, you'll learn: - what to expect when pursuing a diagnosis - how to choose the right doctor or specialist - how to get the disorder under control - what treatments and medication protocols are best for you - how to reduce stress to prevent manic and depressive episodes - what family members and friends can do to support you, and more Dr. Burgess also addresses unique lifestyle concerns facing bipolar individuals. Special chapters on practical strategies for career success, building healthy relationships, issues that specifically affect bipolar women, and coping techniques for families and friends further explore the impact of the disorder on daily life. The Bipolar Handbook's easy-to-access format and full chapter of resources, as well as diagnostic criteria from the American Psychiatric Association and the National Institute for Mental Health, make this a versatile guide-perfect for quick reference and in-depth discovery.
Download or read book The Bipolars written by Shri Bhagavatananda Guru and published by Shri Bhagavatananda Guru. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bipolar Disorder is a widely spreading mental instability between the society. This book is written by Shri Bhagavatananda Guru based on his personal experiences and studies while dealing with the problem. This book covers almost every question and topic related to bipolar disorder in a simplified manner which can result into a valuable guide for the people who are unaware of it. This book is very useful to cope with the medications and lifestyle to make people healthy and socially fit fighting bipolar disorder. People facing other problems like common depression or substance abuse can also be benefited from the explanations included in this book.
Download or read book Psychology Today Taming Bipolar Disorder written by Lori Oliwenstein and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-12-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living and thriving with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is about the wildest of euphorias and the deepest of depressions. Now, Alpha Books and Psychology Today present all the information, guidance, and support people with bipolar disorder—and their loved ones—need in order to thrive. This important book contains cutting-edge research and straightforward advice from the most respected names on bipolar disorder, along with the most up-to-date information on mental health organizations and support and advocacy groups. In addition, readers will find inspiring stories of courage and triumph. • More than two million Americans live with bipolar disorder—and it’s on the rise among children and adolescents. • Includes strategies for navigating the health care system, nurturing relationships, advancing in the workplace, and repairing bridges burned during mania and depression. • Features the latest research—from new pharmaceuticals to innovative therapies, dietary changes to acupuncture, light therapy to mood charting.
Download or read book To Shrink or Not to Shrink written by Christopher D. Corcos and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an empowering psych resource. If youve been in contact with doctors, including psychiatrists, or if you still are, and youve been treated for mental ill health, or still are, then its likely you have some pressing questions. If you havent, you should have. Now it can be hard to ask these questions, and sometimes its hard to know exactly what the questions are. The big ones, the fundamental ones, the ones you need to be asking are asked in this book, and answered. Your journey out of pain and dysfunction to joy, fulfillment and vitality may take you to a GP, psychiatrist or other mainstream, medically-oriented mental health professional. Youll get a lot more out of those consultations if you have a good idea where they fit in the scheme of thingswhat part if any could psychiatry play in your healing and growth. So, enjoy this little book. Its really a navigation guide to help you through, or around, the psychiatric industry. May you feel calmer, clearer and more confident as you view the path ahead.
Download or read book Living with Bipolar Disorder written by Karen R. Brock, M.D. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bipolar" means more than mood swings and chemical imbalances. It is a genetic brain regulation malfunction causing not only mood but behavioral symptoms. Severity and symptoms vary along a spectrum of disease presentations, from a happy, positive personality, to a moody temperament, to chronic and recurrent depressions, to classic manic-depressive illness. It is a chronic disease with periods of illness as well as remission. Keeping the disease under control requires daily maintenance and vigilance for emerging symptoms. The goal of this book is to help the bipolar person successfully manage his or her illness and live a full and meaningful life. First, the reader will learn all about bipolar disorder: how it presents, how it is diagnosed, how it is passed down in families, and how it affects women as compared to men. Next, the various types of treatment and the logistics of daily maintenance are discussed in detail. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of bipolar disorder are explored and the lives of interesting and outstanding historical and current bipolar individuals are examined.
Download or read book So I m Autistic written by Sarah O'Brien and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-06-21 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There isn't a secret manual outlining exactly how to get through your teens and young adulthood as an autistic individual, but this book provides a script for how to do what adulthood will make you do anyway, in a way that is most accessible for you". You've just received an autism diagnosis, so why do you still feel so lost when it comes to what autism actually means for you? Written by autistic advocate Sarah O'Brien, this book gives a much-needed introduction into what autism is and removes the myths, stereotypes and stigma that surround it. Sarah provides insights into what to do after diagnosis and how to approach and navigate the process of informing those in your life, from your family and friends to your teachers or manager at work. Utilising her own experience of feeling lost after diagnosis and navigating all of the 'firsts' of adolescence and young adulthood Sarah provides an honest and friendly voice to guide you through it all. Intelligent and clearly-written, this is the fact-led and information-rich resource that will answer your questions about autism, introduce you to your new community and set you up to thrive as an autistic adult.
Download or read book Taking Off the Mask of Bipolar written by James Geathers and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unvarnished reality of living with a serious mental illness - as experienced by Jame Geathers. Jame faces one of her biggest fears and shares her own story in the hope of making a difference for others who are suffering from Bipolar Disorder. Taking off the Mask of Bipolar, shows one woman's day-to-day struggle to live with this disease. She shares how her carefully-placed mask, hid a dark side that was devouring her life. It is impossible to understand mental illness and the effects it can have on you and those you love unless you have experienced it yourself. This is Jame, unmasked.
Download or read book Beyond Bipolar written by Jane Mountain and published by Chapter One Press. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
