Bipolar 101

Description

Author Ruth White reports that, when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD), she was given some pamphlets and a list of large, expensive books it was suggested she buy, and she felt overwhelmed and frustrated. She wanted a small, short, precise book that would tell her right away what to do to control her symptoms, and she never did find such a book. This is the book she wishes she had right after she was diagnosed. The book walks the reader through the ten most important steps to getting control over their BD. These steps are not new, but the format of the book is new. By packaging these steps in a small book that is immediately accessible and helpful, the bipolar sufferer no longer has to wade through hundreds of pages of text for the information they need.

John D. Preston, PsyD, ABPP, is professor emeritus at Alliant International University in Sacramento, CA, and has also served on the faculty of the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and the Professional School of Psychology, San Francisco. He has authored twenty books in the areas of psychotherapy, neurobiology, and psychopharmacology, and coauthored Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple and Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists. Preston is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and has lectured internationally. Ruth C. White, PhD, is assistant professor of social work at Seattle University in Seattle, WA. She received her doctorate in social welfare from the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked in mental health for many years, and for the last seven years has taught and trained social workers as a member of the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Seattle University. She is a member of the National Speakers Bureau of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance.

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