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Welcome to the jungle : everything you ever wanted to know about bipolar but were too freaked out to ask / Hilary Smith.

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  • ISBN: 1573244724
  • ISBN: 9781573244725
  • Physical Description: 203 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Red Wheel/Weiser, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Bipolar is one of the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric conditions among teens and twenty-somethings--yet there are very few books out there written specifically for young people experiencing mental illness for the first time. Upfront, empowering approach to the challenges of being diagnosed with bipolar. Both humorous and immensely honest, it offers a true 'in the trenches' perspective young readers will trust.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
What just happened? : life beyond the diagnosis -- Mania, depression, psychosis, on my! : a whirlwind tour through the episodes of bipolar disorder -- You've got drugs : wrapping your head around meds -- Shrinks : what they're for and how they can help -- This is your manager speaking : taming episodes with food, sleep, and exercise -- Grace under fire : keeping a head in crappy situations -- Here be downers : drugs, booze, and suicide -- The game of life : bipolar in college and at work -- Voices not in your head : dealing with friends and family -- Hippie shit that actually works : herbs, wilderness time, and other ways to help yourself keep your shit together -- Hell is find good insurance : how to get your ass covered in trouble times.
Subject:
Smith, Hilary T., 1986- > Health.
Smith, Hilary T., 1986- > Health > Juvenile literature.
Bipolar disorder in adolescence > Popular works.
Bipolar disorder in adolescence > Popular works > Juvenile literature.
Bipolar disorder in adolescence > Patients > Canada > Biography.
Bipolar disorder in adolescence > Patients > Canada > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disorder > Biography.
Depression in adolescence > Popular works.
Depression in adolescence > Popular works > Juvenile literature.
Depression, Mental.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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