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In Mindfulness for Bipolar Disorder, psychiatrist and neuroscientist William R. Marchand provides an innovative, breakthrough program based in neuroscience and mindfulness practices to help you find relief from your bipolar symptoms. If you have bipolar disorder, you may experience feelings of mania or high energy, followed by periods of depression and sadness. These unusual shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels can make it extremely difficult to carry out day-to-day tasks - and ultimately reach your goals. Finding balance may be a daily struggle, even if you are on medication or in therapy. So, what else can you do to start feeling better? Mindfulness - the act of present moment awareness - may be the missing puzzle piece in effectively treating your bipolar disorder.
About the Author
William R. Marchand, MD is a board-certified academic psychiatrist. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Utah School of Medicine and the Chief of Psychiatry at the George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, both in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is the author of Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Your Guide to Recovery and Mindfulness for Bipolar Disorder: How Mindfulness and Neuroscience Can Help You Manage Your Bipolar Symptoms as well as many scientific publications. In addition to writing and teaching mindfulness, Dr. Marchand is involved in mental health administration, research, the clinical treatment of psychiatric disorders and medical education.
Dr. Marchand's research has focused on using functional brain imaging to study the neurobiology of depression, bipolar disorder and suicide as well as increase our understanding of normal brain function. His clinical work is aimed at helping those with major depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorders.
His personal mindfulness practice is as an ordained monk in the Soto Zen tradition. Dr. Marchand combines the latest research in psychiatry and neuroscience with the ancient wisdom of meditation practices to help others live happier and more satisfying lives through mindfulness.
