Bipolar disorder is characterized by alternating periods of dramatically manic behavior and episodes of extreme sadness and hopelessness, often with periods of normalcy in between. Those close to bipolar individuals may experience feelings of fear, loss, and anxiety and a constant uncertainty about the bipolar individual's mood.Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder is the first of its kind: written to the partner of a bipolar individual and designed to mend strained relationships. If your partner suffers from bipolar disorder, use this book to learn how to negotiate his or her episodic crises. Find out how to recognize a bipolar conversation. Survive the financial turbulence manic spending may cause. Deal with problematic sexual issues. Know when to call for help. All of the tactics in this book work to offer relief and engender a greater sense of stability.Understand that the ultimate goal of this book, the development of a peaceful and loving relationship, is absolutely achievable with patience and good advice.

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Fast, Julie A.

Preston, Psy.D., John D.

Mental Health

Tantor Audio

Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner

Preston, John D.

Tantor Media, Inc.

Many of the techniques in this book take some time to get started. The beauty of adding laughter and joy to your relationship is that you can start immediately. You can get started today. In fact, you can get started right now and then help your partner do the same. Close this book and find something to make yourself laugh. Woo hoo! Remember something funny. Remember something wonderful about your partner. Think of all of the joy you have experienced in life and remind yourself that it can happen again. You now have the tools to make it happen. You have a new treatment plan that can work to help you recognize, modify, and hopefully prevent your partner's major bipolar disorder symptoms. Your relationship has the opportunity to be happy, healthy, stable, and filled with joy. This book can help you through the many ups and downs you and your partner will experience as you create a more stable relationship. Read it often to find what you need at certain moments. Remember to always treat bipolar disorder first. And, most importantly, remember that laughter and joy are your first option when things get really tough. They will give you the peace of mind you need to move on and face your problems with strength. You can both do it.----Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding & Helping Your Partner

Medical Books

Medicine

ReadHowYouWant

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: <ul> <li>Medications and bipolar-safe supplements</li> <li>Lifestyle changes that help manage bipolar symptoms naturally</li> <li>Behavior modifications that reduce and prevent symptoms</li> <li>Guidelines on assembling an effective support team</li> </ul> By helping readers gather powerful strategies, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder delivers a dynamic program to treat this difficult but ultimately manageable illness.

Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder: A 4-Step Plan for You and Your Loved Ones to Manage the Illness and Create Lasting Stability

Preston PsyD, John

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Balance

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder is a first of its kind book—written specifically for the partner of a person with bipolar disorder. If you have a loved one with bipolar, you know how disruptive and straining this disorder can be to your relationship. You may experience feelings of fear, loss, and anxiety as well as a constant uncertainly about your loved one’s ever-changing moods. This book is designed to help you overcome the unique challenges of loving someone with bipolar disorder. With the supportive and helpful information, strategies, and real-life examples contained here, you’ll have all the tools you need to create a loving, healthy, and close relationship. Find out how to: <ul>
<li>Identify which coping approaches work and which do not</li> <li>Recognize and transform a “bipolar conversation”</li> <li>Use new strategies to help manage episodic crises</li> <li>Survive the financial turbulence manic spending may cause</li> <li>Deal with problematic sexual issues Increase closeness and stability in your relationship</li> </ul>

Preston PsyD Abpp, John D

New Harbinger Publications

Shake the blues away. Everyone knows that depression can lead to guilt, sadness, frustration, and in the case of 15-20% of people with depression, suicide. Because we live in a culture that rewards (and often worships) productivity, when a depressed person can't meet the expectations of society, the depression becomes worse and a vicious cycle begins. The goal of Getting Things Done When You're Depressed is to break this cycle. Readers will learn: • How to prepare yourself mentally for working while depressed • How to structure your environment so you can work more easily • How to work with others • How to prevent depression

Get It Done When You're Depressed

Alpha

Don't wait another day to live the life you deserve! Instead, get it done while you're depressed. Many people experience the hardships of depression and tend to struggle with productivity. This self-help book offers you 50 strategies to break the cycle of unproductivity and live the life you want to live.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Join us in learning how to overcome depression symptoms and take back your livelihood. When facing depression daily, it can be tough to do day to day tasks without it seeming like a giant chore. You won't be able to change this by choosing to feel better but rather by implementing strategies to create a daily structure. Inside the pages of this self-help book from DK Books, you will learn: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;How to create creativity&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;How to wait until your work is complete before you judge it&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;How to think like an athlete&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;How to know when your brain is lying to you and so many more strategies for keeping your life on track This insightful book provides strategies to keep your life on track. These strategies are easy to follow and practical for anyone trying to live a more productive life. Our second edition even includes strategies on how to manage social media during depressive outbursts. Additionally, it has scripts on how to communicate with people in your life about your depression.&nbsp; Don't let depression limit what you're capable of achieving. It's time to be proud of yourself and your abilities by getting things done while you are depressed.

Getting It Done When You're Depressed, Second Edition: 50 Strategies for Keeping Your Life on Track

PRESTON, John.

If you're living with symptoms of a mental health disorder such as depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis or anxiety, you're not alone. People all over the world share your struggles. In OMG That's ME! 2, the second book in the OMG series created by Dave Mowry, Julie A. Fast speaks honestly and directly to the challenges you may face all while offering you strategies for a stable, productive and happy life. The vibrant stories in the book also help family members, caregivers, partners and health care professionals better understand mental health symptoms. It's true, you can learn to manage your mental health and you can create the life you desire. Whether you're living with a mental health disorder, you have a loved one who is or you're a mental health provider who wants to better understand your clients, this book is a must read!

OMG That's Me! 2: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, and Hope...

Independently published

Review\n"Hammond is a bipolar patient with clinical training and honed writing skills, making her an ideal guide when Navigating Bipolar Country. She has collected stories—compelling, heartfelt, distressing, and reassuring—from bipolar sufferers, family, and professionals. Kudos to her and all the contributors." 
~S. Bruun-Meyer, Psychiatrist, Toronto\n"Dr. Merryl Hammond's anthology Navigating Bipolar Country is a triumph in the field of bipolar disorder literature. Combining 42 essays told through the lens of individuals living with bipolar disorder, family members, and clinicians, she gives us an essential and unique read. These personal accounts provide priceless insights, comfort, and understanding of this complex disease. A rare gem, this book offers hope and is a must read for anyone striving to learn more about bipolar disorder and its far-reaching effects." 
~Sallie Crotty, author of Out of the Ashes: A Story of Recovery and Hope, forthcoming, June 2022\n"Should be required reading for all health professionals. As a fellow sufferer and mental health practitioner, I recognize myself as a traveling companion to those traversing the wilds of bipolar country. In this masterful book exist deeper and richer answers to truths you seek; gifts you didn't even know you needed." 
~Caitlin Billings, LCSW, author of In Our Blood: A Memoir, forthcoming July 2022\n"I love this book for so many reasons. Having dealt with bipolar issues in my own family, I can relate many of the challenges that come with traversing the path to mental wellness. Whether you have family members navigating bipolar or live with it yourself, you will find hope and inspiration in these pages. It's important we openly discuss mental illness in all its forms so people can find the support they need and we can work to remove the stigma. I highly recommend this powerful book." 
~Stephanie Chandler, author and founder of the Nonfiction Authors Association\n"An engaging, powerful, insightful, and heartfelt anthology filled with creativity, determination, resilience, courage, compassion, and hope. Sure to inspire further exploration into bipolar disorder and its impacts." 
~Debbie Sesula, MA, CPS, Coordinator, North Shore Peer Support Program, Vancouver Coastal Health\n"These engaging and inspiring personal stories build empathy, provide comfort, and inspire hope. I recommend this to anyone seeking a better understanding of mental illness." 
~Karen Jensen, Librarian\n42 Candid, Powerful, Poignant Encounters with Bipolar Disorder 
For those living with bipolar, supporting a family member, or treating it, navigating the journey can be unpredictable and often heartbreaking. This collection of personal testimonies takes you on a bumpy ride deep into bipolar country. 
Discover what it’s like to live with bipolar from the inside out Hear from family members who support loved ones with bipolar Gain insights from health professionals who treat bipolar disorder\nThe candid essays in Navigating Bipolar Country will captivate, educate, and inspire you. And help fight the stigma against bipolar disorder and all mental illnesses.\nContributors 
Foreword by Candida A. Fink, MD. 
Janette Abramowitz • Dennis Barras • Kayla Behbahani • Anthony Berger • Sarah Boon • Sheryl Bruce • Amy Cox • David Laing Dawson • Jens Peter Eckardt • Julie A. Fast • Ellie Gainey • Abdu’l-Missagh Ghadirian • Tami Hammond-Collins • Barbara Jacobson • Isabelle Lipari • Tara Mandarano • Stephanie Marie • Victoria Maxwell • Catharine McKenty • Brionna Morse • Amy Dodd Pilkington • Gina Roitman • Diana Samuel • Bruce Saunders • Laurel Saunders • Eric Smith • Janet L. Stanley • Natasha Tracy • Jayne Warren • Beverley Watkins • Gail Windsor • Tracy Windsor • Matthieu Zellweger • and others. 
Edited by Merryl Hammond, PhD., bestselling author of Mad Like Me: Travels in Bipolar Country.\nClick on Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature to see how the book is structured and begin reading to start exploring bipo

Navigating Bipolar Country: Personal and Professional Perspectives on Living with Bipolar Disorder

Biographies & Memoirs

Roitman, Gina

Hammond PhD, Merryl

Tracy, Natasha

Dodd Pilkington, Amy

Maxwell BFA, Victoria

Mandarano, Tara

Laing Dawson MD, David

Ghadirian MD, Abdu’l-Missagh

Professionals & Academics

CAE Canada

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