manic-depressive illness

Having left her Oregon home to meet a troubled friend in Florida, high-school student Tallulah finds herself stranded in Tennessee and taken in by the employees of a veterinary clinic.

Ten-year-old Dolphin is determined to stay with her family, no matter what, but when her sister goes to live with her newly-discovered father, sending their mother further into manic-depression, Dolphin's life takes a turn for the better.

Identifies the causes, symptoms, and treatment of mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression, which can have environmental, genetic, or physiological aspects.

Fifteen-year-old Kass is trying to resist her manic-depressive father's attempts to make her try out for "The X Factor" while she also deals with her crush on the same older boy her best friend likes, her distant mother's mysterious comings and goings, and her younger brother's criminal activities.

When sixteen-year-old Rinn, who has bipolar disorder, and her mother move back to her mother's hometown in Ohio and settle in a house where the previous owner hanged herself, Rinn discovers that both the town and her mother have some uncomfortable secrets in their past and that the ghost that supposedly haunts the school seems to be out for revenge.

Zeman recounts his struggle with clinical depression in this high-octane, brutally funny memoir about mood disorders, memory, shock treatment therapy and the quest to get back to normal.

Four out of five people in David Lovelace's immediate family have experienced bipolar disorder---including David himself.

A memoir in which the author discusses her struggles with Type 1 rapid-cycle bipolar disorder, a diagnosis she received at age twenty-four, looking back to reassess the affects of the condition on her life since childhood.

Describes the symptoms of bipolar disorder in children, discussing what is and is not known about the disease; offers advice on how to find good treatment and medications; and shares information from parents of bipolar children on how to deal with the impact of the disorder on the entire family.

Fed up with telemarketers and suffering from manic-depressive illness, Honey Santana plans to teach salesman Boyd Shreave a lesson and arranges a meeting with him in the Florida Everglades, but when she arrives, she realizes she isn't the only one using the remote site to deal with their problems.