Bipolar and the Art of Roller-coaster
Riding by Madeleine Kelly
Author Madeleine Kelly studied medicine for nearly 5 years before having to quit because of bipolar disorder.
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Find out how— To survive the injustices of hospital treatment To know when to change doctors, and when to stick with the one you have To beat not just bipolar, but also other people's attitudes To benefit from proven psychological techniques (CBT) on a day to day basis To find and keep a good job and deal with discrimination at work To manage money, even if you're a 'manic spender' To use nutrition, light and exercise to stay well To deal with worried family members
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You can live well with bipolar disorder
Have you lost a marriage, a child, a career, your education or umpteen friends because of bipolar disorder or manic depression? This sort of experience is common, but it doesn't have to be that way. Bipolar and the Art of Roller-coaster Riding is the new, updated version of the Book of the Year winning book by Madeleine Kelly, now available world-wide. You will learn—
You might get a feeling that you're among friends. You will probably also get lots of new ideas about ways you can make your life better.
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Bipolar & the Art of Roller-coaster Riding
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Reviews "Unashamedly written from the perspective of people who have manic depression...This is a comprehensive, detailed, practical and immensely readable book...that will help readers get through the maze of manic depression. — Barbara Hocking, Executive Director, SANE Australia "Maddy, your book saved my life! Thanks!" — Helga* "We are enormously grateful...your book has helped us to understand what it's like to have bipolar disorder. Our son [with bipolar] has really made progress" — Bev and Joe "I have started practicing some of the suggested techniques... with all the right things in place of late I have been well for the longest time. I totally recommend this book." — Louis "I could not recommend it highly enough." — Zack "It was a great help to, not just myself, but to my family members also struggling to come to terms with the situation." — Debbie "This book (is) hugely refreshing, original, practical and really useful. — Dr Brendan O'Shea, Ireland "This ...superb...book has immediately gone into my 'must-read' trilogy for patients/consumers with this illness (and their families and friends)" — Prof Phillip Mitchell, University of NSW, Sydney Australia "The most comprehensive book for sufferers and carers of Bipolar Disorder that I have read." — Dr David Grounds, consultant psychiatrist. "Brilliantly evocative, funny and practical" — Moira Rayner, human rights lawyer and writer. *Sufferers' names have been changed. More reviews Table of ContentsWhat is bipolar disorder? Say that last bit again? Medical information Making use of the technical stuff What's on offer from biological psychiatry? What's on offer from talking therapies? Complementary & Alternative approaches Getting the best help and avoiding the worst Rights, treatment and the law Emerging from crisis The art of roller-coaster riding How to get your foot in the (job) door and stay inside Managing money Adult relationships Moms, Dads and kids on the roller-coaster Mystic or Manic? Reference endnotes Workbook
ISBN 0-646-44939-7 Searchable File in Adobe PDF format. 182 pages, Glossary First published 2000 as 'Life on a Roller-coaster: living well with depression and manic depression' by Simon & Schuster (Australia). Awarded SANE Australia Book of the Year in 2001 This edition 2005 © Madeleine Kelly published by Two Trees Media (Australia).
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