Bipolar Disorder - Understanding and Help for Extremem Mood Swings

Resources for Changing Lives

by Edward T. Welch

Everyone feels better some days than others, but some people struggle with exaggerated and unrestrained mood swings. These kinds of mood swings have come to be known as mania, manic-depression, or bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is confusing and difficult both for those who struggle with it and for those who care for them.In CCEFs Bipolar Understanding and Help for Extreme Mood Swings, Edward T. Welch acknowledges how difficult bipolar disorder is for everyone involved, describes its effects, and then applies God's Word to this serious, life-dominating struggle. When those who have bipolar disorder learn to understand the challenges of mania and depend on God instead of their own impressions, then mania will not stand in the way of their having rich relationships with God and others. All the minibooks in our Christian bookstore offer gospel-centered hope for everyday issues like parenting, marriage, and personal change. These easy-to-read discipleship and biblical counseling resources tackle lifes toughest issues in 30 minutes or less.Minibooks are frequently used by pastors and ministry leaders to help others apply biblical wisdom to specific life issues. Churches, biblical counseling ministries, and missional organizations make the minibooks available in their acrylic display cases to further discipleship and gospel-centered living.

Genres: Counselling, Psychology

24 pages, Paperback

First published July 2, 1905

About the author

Edward T. Welch, M.Div., Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). He has counseled for thirty years and is the best-selling author of many books including When People Are Big and God Is Small; Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave; Blame It on the Brain?; Depression: A Stubborn Darkness; Crossroads: A Step-by-Step Guide Away from Addiction; Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest; and When I Am Afraid: A Step-by-Step Guide Away from Fear and Anxiety. He and his wife Sheri have two daughters, two sons-in-law, and four grandchildren.

Reviews

[Ana Avila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Compassionate and biblically helpful. It focused only on mania, though.

[Krysten Blouin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful and biblical model for dealing with mania, but there’s minimal mention of the depression side of bipolar disorder and no practical tips at all for dealing with it. It’s well-written, but the scope is just too narrow for it to really be comprehensively helpful.

[Julie Havener · Rating 4 out of 5]

Concise and very helpful

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gostei bastante da leitura. O livro é esclarecedor e pode trazer esperança com aqueles que lutam com as mudanças extremas de humor.

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is just a booklet, but it is very good and if you know anyone who has been diagnosed with bipolar or who has very strong moods, you should get and read this book. In fact, if you are interested in the subject,but haven't done any study in the area, you should begin with this booklet.

[Mike E. · Rating 2 out of 5]

These mini-books (or pamphlets) are outstanding.

I am in the process of reading all of them. Concise. Biblical. Practical.

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This mini-book is less helpful than most. It deals almost entirely with the manic side of this disorder or "trial."

[Cory McArtor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good little pamphlet, although it only deals with the manic side of bipolar.

[Isaac David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and indepth

Picked up this book when I was told I would be counseling one diagnosed with bipolar within a short length of time. Helpful for the Time I had

[Joel Zartman]

Sometimes I love it, sometimes I just can't stand it. Not sure why . . .