The Bipolar Book

Edited by Yildiz, Ruiz, and Nemeroff and published by Oxford University Press, this 2015 volume pulls together 45 chapters from international experts to cover bipolar disorder across its full clinical range — history and diagnosis, neurobiology and genetics, pharmacological and somatic therapies, and special populations including adolescents, the elderly, and pregnant patients. The British Journal of Psychiatry called it comprehensive and thoughtful and praised the editors' ability to make a vast body of knowledge accessible to clinical readers. This is a reference built for psychiatrists, clinicians, and graduate students — not a patient-facing self-help guide. The honest caveat: the technical depth that makes it essential for clinicians makes it inaccessible for general audiences, and rapid advances in psychiatric pharmacology mean some sections will date faster than the historical and diagnostic chapters. For its target professional audience, it is a serious and well-credentialed resource.