{"id":1281,"date":"2019-05-12T15:41:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T15:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/reacttoolkit\/?page_id=1281"},"modified":"2019-09-04T14:28:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:28:36","slug":"learn-about-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/reacttoolkit\/toolkit\/managing-mood-swings-2\/learn-about-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn about Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a lot of information about Bipolar Disorder on the internet. It can be hard to know where to go for the most reliable information. A good starting point is a report called \u201cUnderstanding Bipolar Disorder\u201d written by a team of academics, clinicians and service users including some of us, published by the British Psychological Society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can download it for free <a href=\"http:\/\/ubd.spectrumdevelopment.org.uk\/understandingbipolar.pdf\">HERE<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ubd.spectrumdevelopment.org.uk\/understandingbipolar.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/reacttoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/understanding-bipolar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a>More information about bipolar disorder is also available on national charity websites such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethink.org\/advice-information\/about-mental-illness\/learn-more-about-conditions\/bipolar-disorder\/\">Rethink<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolaruk.org\/information-leaflets\">Bipolar UK<\/a>. Useful textbooks include \u201cCoping with Bipolar Disorder: A CBT-Informed Guide to Living with Manic Depression\u201d by Steve Jones &amp; Peter Hayward, or \u201cThe Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide\u201d by David Miklowitz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other helpful ways to learn about bipolar disorder is to read some first person accounts written by people with this condition (such as \u201cAn Unquiet Mind\u201d by Kay Redfield Jamison). Relatives\u2019 accounts are also very helpful (such as \u201cThe Father I Had\u201d by Martine Townsend).<\/p>\n<p>[arrows]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a lot of information about Bipolar Disorder on the internet. It can be hard to know where to go for the most reliable information. 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