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This book is written by a man with bipolar affective disorder and his doctor, who is also a personal friend of his. It is divided into several sections and has a foreword by a famous person with manic depression: Stephen Fry. Dr Tony Hughes and Stephen Fry also collaborated on the recent television

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  • This book is written by a man with bipolar affective disorder and his doctor, who is a personal friend of his. It is divided into several sections and has a foreword by a famous person with manic depression: Stephen Fry

  • Dr Tony Hughes and Stephen Fry collaborated on the recent television documentary

  • The distinct sections of the book are: a dialogue between the authors about Jeremy Thomas’s bipolar disorder; a selection of life stories from other people who have bipolar; and an extended glossary and information section - the ‘insider’s guide to mental health’. This last section includes a wealth of websites and addresses intending to point the reader in other useful resources. It is a layperson’s guide to having a mental health problem; the language is simple or explained and there is an attempt to use humour and cartoons to counter some of the seriousness of the subject matter

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This book is written by a man with bipolar affective disorder and his doctor, who is a personal friend of his. It is divided into several sections and has a foreword by a famous person with manic depression: Stephen Fry. Dr Tony Hughes and Stephen Fry collaborated on the recent television documentary.

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