One researcher shares her experience studying and living with bipolar disorder

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One interrogator shares her acquisition studying and surviving pinch bipolar disorder

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Around 40 cardinal group astir nan world person bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings betwixt moods: from slump to mania.

Kay Redfield Jamison is 1 of those people. She's besides a professor of psychiatry astatine nan Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has written extensively astir nan topic, from aesculapian textbooks to individual memoirs. In fact, Jamison penned 1 of nan first memoirs ever written by a aesculapian expert surviving pinch bipolar, An Unquiet Mind.

Today connected Short Wave, she joins america to talk astir nan test process, treating and managing bipolar disorder.

Mental Health Resources

  • National Alliance connected Mental Illness
  • Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Additional Reading

  • The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide by David J. Miklowitz
  • The Bipolar Workbook by Monica Ramirez Basco
  • The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder by Sheri Van Dijk
  • An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
  • Healing by Dr. Thomas Insel

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This section was produced by Rachel Carlson. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Tyler Jones checked nan facts. Kwesi Lee was nan audio engineer.