Bipolar disorder is about the wildest of euphorias and the deepest of depressions. Whether you or a loved one suffers from bipolar, Alpha Books and Psychology Today brings you the information and guidance you need. This important book contains cutting-edge research and straightforward advice from the most respected experts on bipolar disorder, along with up-to-date information on mental health organizations and support and advocacy groups. Readers will find inspiring stories of courage and triumph.

•More than 2 million Americans live with bipolar disorder—and it's on the rise among children and adolescents
•Includes strategies for navigating the health care system, nurturing relationships, advancing in the workplace, and repairing bridges burned during mania and depression
•Features the latest research—from new pharmaceuticals to innovative therapies, dietary changes to acupuncture, light therapy to mood charting

Secrets of Sexual Ecstasy helps readers combine the oldest wisdom with the newest research to achieve sexual ecstasy. This guide contains more up-to-date information from qualified sources than any other book—including such noted psychologists as Ruth Westheimer and Albert Ellis. Readers will discover how to optimize their sex lives with the ingredients of ultimate sexual satisfaction, attitudes and practices conducive to spectacular sex (and how to achieve them), strategies for overcoming obstacles to great sex, and how to train the brain to fall in love again.

•No other book combines as much up-to-date information from as many qualified sources
•Published in conjunction with Psychology Today magazine—the foremost popular magazine on psychology

Here is expert advice explaining the whys and hows of food obsession and compulsive overeating. Readers will gain the background and tools needed to fashion a plan for happier, healthier living and help themselves out of compulsive overeating. It also shows readers how to work out individual food issues, move beyond addiction, and maintain a healthy, lifelong relationship with food.

•More than 135 million Americans are overweight or obese
•American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported that Americans spend nearly $45 billion annually on weight-loss products and services and the American Dietary Association indicates that 65 percent of women are currently dieting or plan to start a diet

This authoritative examination of anger offers important information on both the psychological and physiological aspects of a difficult emotion. Even the smallest of outbursts can affect every part of our lives—and the lives of those around us. With professional input from experts in the field and poignant anecdotes from those with anger management difficulties, Calming the Anger Storm provides the steps you need to overcome and manage rage.

Written in the popular yet authoritative style of Psychology Today magazine, this groundbreaking book offers much more than a weight-loss program. It offers an understanding of the personal and social forces conspiring against healthy weight loss, conditions that make losing weight more difficult, sound advice on the importance of exercise and lifestyle changes, and an overview of every method—from Atkins to bariatric surgery.

Loving discipline pulls together everything a parent wants to know about today's most important, most effective discipline techniques. This easy-to-follow, dynamic book provides an overview of the classic authoritative-authoritarian-permissive styles. Then it draws from specific loving discipline approaches—like unconditional parenting, positive discipline, and aware parenting—to present readers with the basics of a loving discipline style. Fully explaining each underlying idea, this book is much more than a simple how-to parenting guide.