Be There: My Lived Experience with My Sister's Bipolar Disorder

by Linsey Willis

Overview

Be There is a compelling, insightful, heart-wrenching, and sometimes hard-to-believe memoir about a younger sibling's lived experience as a lifelong caregiver for her sister, Betsy. A brilliant, beautiful, creative, and funny Ivy League-educated woman, Betsy's diagnosis of bipolar disorder in 1975 at age 21 altered a life that would have otherwise been productive and happy.

Anyone who has a family member, significant other, or friend suffering from bipolar illness can find confirmation that they did not cause, cannot control, or cure the illness, but they can cope (The Four Cs). This book offers the peace of mind and healing that come from understanding the illness.

There is a discussion, with scientific references, of the genetic link to mental illness and the many characteristics of bipolar disorder. Dr. Linsey Willis engages the reader through the sharing of photographs, historical documents, commentary about a state psychiatric hospital, Betsy's graphic yet engaging, hopeful letters, and examples of her many disturbing bipolar behaviors and actions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637559284
Publisher:	Mascot Books
Publication date:	09/10/2024
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Linsey Willis, D.P.A., SPHR, is an author with forty-four years of Human Resources experience as a management and organizational consultant, expert witness, coach, and educator. Dr. Willis' multi-faceted experience includes service to clients in private sector, city, county, state, and federal government agencies and companies in the US and internationally. Her previous publications include Mastering the Assessment Center Process, published in 2017. Developing Your Innate Abilities was written to help college students and those seeking promotions develop their soft skills.

Her passion for excellence and dedication to developing leadership qualities in others have served people in many ways, including: police personnel who have been promoted to management ranks throughout the US; college students who have received stipends from her book royalty fund (established at Florida Atlantic University's College of Business); and court cases where she was an expert witness have been settled.

Editorial Reviews

"Be There: My Lived Experience with My Sister's Bipolar Disorder by Linsey Willis offers a profound look into the complexities of mental illness, woven through the personal journey of the author and her sister, Betsy. This memoir is a courageous and heartfelt narrative that brings to light the often misunderstood challenges of bipolar disorder..." —Readers' Favorite

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