Reviews"Written from the perspective of people who have bipolar disorder / manic depression...This is a comprehensive, detailed, practical and immensely readable book. — 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 ContentsChapters & titles 1 What is bipolar disorder? 2 Say that last bit again? Medical information 3 Making use of the technical stuff 4 What's on offer from biological psychiatry? 5 What's on offer from talking therapies? 6 Complementary & Alternative approaches 7 Getting the best help and avoiding the worst 8 Rights, treatment and the law 9 Emerging from crisis 10 The art of roller-coaster riding (how to live well, and without disasters!) 11 How to get your foot in the (job) door and stay inside 12 Managing money 13 Adult relationships 14 Moms, Dads and kids on the roller-coaster 15 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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