Rev. Dr. Stout offers the hard-won lessons, strategies, and practical tips he gained during his lengthy personal struggle with bipolar disorder. Hoping to reduce the anguish of others who also suffer, and to give encouragement to their loved ones, he shares a message of hope and of the role of spirituality in finding new purpose in life and deeper meaning in adversity. Family members, mental health professionals and social workers, too, will benefit from his candid account of a family's efforts to cope with a debilitating illness that, by affecting so many, impacts the whole of society.
