title: Bipolar Disorder: The Ultimate Guide
author:  Sarah Owen 
description: "I wish that this superb book had been around when I was growing up with a father with bipolar. It is packed with practical advice for those with the condition and their families on every aspect of the illness - and some astonishing first-hand accounts. It will provide a huge amount of comfort - and help." -- <i>Editor of the Sunday Express and author of The Father I Had</i><br /><br />"This excellent new guide to bipolar is structured around the kind of key questions that anyone encountering the condition for the first time would want to ask." --Pendulum - The Journal of MDF The Bipolar Organisation<br /><br />"With its useful glossary and many in-line notes of explanation, this book could provide a good initial orientation to bipolar disorder for the newly-diagnosed, their families and carers." -- Your Voice - Member magazine of mental health charity "Rethink"
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](html/Cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Front Matter](html/470509_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.xhtml)
  
  
  * [The Neurobiology of Bipolar Disorder](html/470509_1_En_179_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [The Role of Stress in Bipolar Disorder](html/470509_1_En_151_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [The Role of Genetics in Bipolar Disorder](html/470509_1_En_153_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction for Bipolar Disorder](html/470509_1_En_152_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Intracellular Signaling Cascades in Bipolar Disorder](html/470509_1_En_157_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disorder in Bipolar Affective Disorder](html/470509_1_En_150_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Neuroendocrine Stress System in Bipolar Disorder](html/470509_1_En_184_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Neuroanatomic and Functional Neuroimaging Findings](html/470509_1_En_174_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Structural and Functional Brain Correlates of Neuroprogression in Bipolar Disorder](html/470509_1_En_177_Chapter.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Inflammation as a Mechani