Bipolar 101: A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and More

After receiving a bipolar diagnosis, you need clear answers. Bipolar 101 is a straightforward guide to understanding bipolar disorder. It includes all the information you need to control your symptoms and live better. Authored by both a psychologist and a mental health expert who has bipolar disorder herself, this pocket guide is the only book on bipolar disorder you'll ever need.

In Bipolar 101, a mental health advocate who has personal experience with bipolar disorder offers this guide to the ten simple-yet not always easy-essential steps readers need to take to control this serious and challenging condition.

Ruth C. White, Ph.D., MPH, MSW, is assistant professor of social work at Seattle University in Seattle, WA. She has worked in mental health for many years, and for the last seven years has taught and trained social workers as a member of the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Seattle University. White has also taught at McGill University in Montreal, QC, Canada, San Francisco State University, and the University of California, Berkeley, where she received her doctorate in social welfare. She is a member of the National Speakers Bureau of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. Visit her online at bipolar101.com and ruthcwhite.com.

John D. Preston, Psy.D., ABPP, is a licensed psychologist and professor of psychology at the Sacramento, CA, campus of Alliant International University. He has served on the faculty of the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and has lectured widely in the United States and abroad. Preston is the recipient of the Mental Health Association President's Award for contributions to the mental health profession and coauthor of The Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Therapists, Integrative Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder, and Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple.