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Intense Minds: Through the Eyes of Young People with Bipolar Disorder | 
 enlarge | Author: Tracy Anglada
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Category: Book
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Pages: 172
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 1412089670
Dewey Decimal Number: 155
EAN: 9781412089678
ASIN: 1412089670
Publication Date: June 12, 2006
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Young people with bipolar disorder and adults who grew up with the condition speak out to share how they experienced the symptoms of this illness during their youth, and how it affected their functioning in school, at home and with friends. Their insightful comments, woven together by the author, form a stunning picture of the young person's internal experience. The reader will come away with a new understanding of these young people and a renewed commitment to make a difference by reaching out to help.
"Tracy Anglada has broken new ground with Intense Minds. While most books speak about the children and their feelings, hers is the first to capture the children articulating what they truly feel themselves: their impossible levels of frustration and irritability, their episodes of emptiness or manic energy, their severe difficulties in the academic environment, and their dread of night time due to their propensity to suffer horrific images and scenarios while sleeping.
"One comes away with such admiration for these children and adolescents for soldiering on despite these terrible burdens, and for the author who took the time to listen and put their words to paper. Parents, clinicians and educators must read this first-of-its-kind book."
Demitri F. Papolos, M.D. and Janice Papolos
Authors of The Bipolar Child
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 Insight to Bipolar emotions and feelings March 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Intense Minds was worth the money I paid for it the moment I received it. After opening the package I randomly started reading. I read two pages which left me with a stunning insight to the behavior of a specific incident which I had experienced with a bipolar individual. It was like a light bulb went on in my head. I realized why the behavior happened and can only guess how much pain that individual was feeling to react to the situation in that way. It finally made sense to me. Bipolar disorder seems to be about emotions, feelings and the processing of information. This book gives great insight into the emotions and feelings of young bipolar individuals.
Bill Maddock
Compeling First Person Accounts March 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you want to experience mental illness from within the mind of the mentally ill, this book is it. These young writers vividly describe their lives from their personal perspectives, sharing details and nuances we rarely hear. Couple this book with Kate McLaughlin's "Mommy I'm Still in Here" and you get a full-spectrum family view of learning to live with bipolar disorder.
 a must-read for parents, health care professionals, and teachers September 10, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a parent of a child with bipolar disorder, and a health care professional, I strongly urge everyone who interacts with these children to read this book. It is the only one I know of that explains the disease through the eyes, ears and feelings of the child or adolescent. It gave me insights I never could have obtained through medical literature, or even from my own child.
 Don't bother May 12, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This books has the makings of a great read -- comments by people going through this disorder -- a look through their eyes. However, it really is just boring and not that insightful. Much more compelling is being on a listserv or group on the internet and sharing other families stories. Some of their posts have been what I thought this book would be. Check it out of the library -- but really barely worth your time to read. Buy The Bipolar Child by Papolos -- much better!
A Must-Read February 27, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Parents of bipolar kids are among my favorite people. Despite the terrible illness that brings us together, I always manage to part company on a feel-good note. Maybe it's their love and dedication and intelligence and optimism in the face of circumstances that would leave anyone else embittered and demoralized. Maybe it's their sixth sense for projecting the kind of empathy that can't be faked.
One of these individuals is Tracy Anglada, whom I met last summer at a conference in Stockton, CA that featured Dr Papolos and Janice Papolos. I was there in a dual role as a reporter for this Newsletter and to work up a pre-publication buzz for my soon-to-be-released book. The organizers of the conference kindly allowed me a table to exhibit my wares. One of my fellow exhibitors was Tracy, and we found lots of time to talk.
Tracy is a Florida mom who started up her own organization, BPChildren, dedicated to helping young people and adults understand more about pediatric bipolar. She is the author of "Intense Minds: Through the Eyes of Young People with Bipolar Disorder."
One quick look at the opening paragraphs, and you will drop everything you're doing:
"A broad smile spread across my son's face. His eyes shone brightly and he turned to me to share his good news. What was the cause of excitement for my 6-year-old son? We were at a meeting, and the speaker was describing the horrible plight of the Biblical man Job.
"'Job was so sick, he wanted to die,' said the speaker.
"What was my son's good news in response to that statement? Two simple words: "Like me!" He had finally found someone he could relate to, someone else who wanted to die. It was comforting for him to know he was not alone. It was no comfort to me. As a parent, those were the worst words I could have heard."
This is a book where the kids (or adults recalling their tormented childhoods) get to tell their stories. It's designed for kids to read, but any clinician or educator or other interested party who does not buy a copy is guilty of malpractice. Listen:
"I was told how retarded, demonized and horrible a child I was. So I never felt I was wonderful or good." (Dawn)
"I was trying to survive in an environment that was not the same to me as it was to other people." (Tasha)
"It feels like a ping pong ball going from one side to the other in my head - one bounce telling me to stay quiet, the other bounce telling me to scream." (Tim)
"My dreams were scary. I was zipped in a bag of water in my closet drowning, while bad guys were trying to kill my daddy." (Steven)
In case you still think we're forcing meds on kids:
"I would have been better off being treated if I had been diagnosed properly. I was miserable as a child. Horribly miserable." (Lee)
And, last but not least, the good we can take away from all this:
"I use this illness to my advantage. Be strong and remember where you have been and what you have been through. If I beat those days, I can beat anything now that I know the illness, the symptoms and the feelings of it." (Linda)
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