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Author Harwood, Dyane, author.

Title Birth of a new brain : healing from postpartum bipolar disorder / Dyane Harwood ; foreword by Dr. Carol Henshaw.

Publication Info. New York : Post Hill Press, [2017]
©2017

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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  616.895 HA    Check Shelf
Description 250 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary "After the birth of her baby triggers a manic maelstrom, Dyane Harwood struggles to survive the bewildering highs and crippling lows of her brain's turmoil. Birth of a New Brain vividly depicts her postpartum bipolar disorder, an unusual type of bipolar disorder and postpartum mood and anxiety disorder. During her childhood, Harwood grew up close to her father, a brilliant violinist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic who had bipolar disorder. She learned how bipolar disorder could ravage a family, but she never suspected that she'd become mentally ill--until her baby was born. Harwood wondered if mental health would always be out of her reach. From medications to electroconvulsive therapy, from "redwood forest baths" to bibliotherapy, she explored both traditional and unconventional methods of recovery--in-between harrowing psychiatric hospitalizations. Harwood reveals how she ultimately achieved a stable mood. She discovered that despite having a chronic mood disorder, a new, richer life is possible. Birth of a New Brain is the chronicle of one mother's perseverance, offering hope and grounded advice for those battling mental illness."--Back cover.
Subject Harwood, Dyane -- Health.
Postpartum psychiatric disorders -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
People with bipolar disorder -- United States -- Biography.
Bipolar disorder -- Treatment -- Popular works.
Postpartum psychiatric disorders -- Treatment -- Popular works.
Health. (OCoLC)fst00952743
Manic-depressive illness -- Treatment. (OCoLC)fst01007710
Manic-depressive persons. (OCoLC)fst01007713
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Added Author Henshaw, Carol, 1961- writer of foreword.
Added Title Healing from postpartum bipolar disorder
ISBN 1618688014 (paperback)
9781618688019 (paperback)
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