Jun 28, 2022 | Bipolar II, Bipolar Spectrum, Mental Health, News
Created by Dr. Ron Pies and Dr. Jim Phelps It took 25 years and 5 psychiatrists for me to finally get the diagnosis that savedmy life: I have a bipolar II brain on the bipolar spectrum. The doctor whodiagnosed me correctly was dedicated to understanding the complexity...
Dec 23, 2021 | Covid, Mental Health, News
The New York Times recently reported that the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, “warned that young people are facing ‘devastating’ mental health effects as a result of the challenges experienced by their generation, including the coronavirus pandemic.” As one...
Nov 29, 2021 | Mental Health
Photo credit: Bipolar II Disorder: Recognition, Understanding, and Treatment, by Ed. Swartz, Holly A.Paperback The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. We drive back to Massachusetts from Florida...
Nov 23, 2021 | Mental Health
The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. Jim Head was the anti-professor—young, cool, charismatic and infamous on campus. In 1981, when I took his course “Earth, Moon and Mars” (we called it,...
Oct 25, 2021 | Mental Health
The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. I am lucky to have fiercely loyal friends. Joe says I’m the only person he knows who hasn’t lost a friend since kindergarten. A friend who is an...
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