Episode 2 Resources
Here's a list of resources for Episode 2: Bipolar Disorder in no particular order:
- American Psychiatric Association, What Are Bipolar Disorders?
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, What Is Bipolar Disorder?
- David J. Miklowitz, The Bipolar Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know, 2019
- Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, 1995
- Candida Fink and Joe Kraynak, Bipolar Disorder for Dummies, 2023
The list is rather short for a couple of reasons. If you can manage to listen to my podcast and find my blog, I'm fairly certain you can google as well as I can. And, I want to judiciously dole out the book titles, so that you have time to savor them and so that I can try to be episode-specific in my list subject matter.
Yes, that is a Dummies book, but it has good information that is presented, as Dummies books are, in easily digestible chunks and in an order that is practical. It is also quite up-to-date. And, yes, An Unquiet Mind is the book I refer to in the episode for a description of mania.
Jennifer Merchán
Polarized Lens is written and hosted by Jennifer Merchan, who has blogged on and off about her life with bipolar disorder on various platforms since 2005. Diagnosed with major depression at 19 and bipolar II disorder at 30, Jennifer hopes that recounting her mental health journey will help others better navigate theirs.
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