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Best books on bipolar disorder: for patients and families

Psychiatry


Please click on the links in either the images or the text to see the book on Amazon.com and purchase it if you want.


The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know

The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know, 3rd Edition

By David J. Miklowitz, PhD

Read on Kindle here.


Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families, 3rd Edition

By Francis Mark Mondimore, MD

Listen on Audible here.


Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder

Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder

By Jim Phelps, MD and S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH

Listen on Audible here.

Read on Kindle here.


Other Books That May Be Helpful

I am not sure that reading memoirs of persons who had bipolar disorder is the most helpful strategy for patients and families. The books above would be a much better way to go. But, if one is looking for a memoir, here is one that is very popular.

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

By Kay Redfield Jamison

Listen on Audible here.

Read on Kindle here.


Please recommend books about bipolar disorder that you think are excellent for patients and/or families by leaving a comment under “Leave a Reply” at the bottom of this page. Thanks!


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  1. Theodore Miller says

    September 2, 2025 at 11:01 am

    Any recommended websites for folks w bipolar illness?

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