GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

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1. To create a storyline that captures the thought pattern, behavior, and life of a person with Bipolar Illness.

2. To create a novel, about Bipolar Disorder, with adequate general reader appeal to promote discussion of the topic by the public.

3. To give insight into the family dynamics of persons with Bipolar Disorder.

4. To entice the reader to identify with a character who has Bipolar Disorder.

5. To demonstrate the general normalcy of a person with Bipolar Disorder.

And through the Afterword,

6. To create interest in knowing more about the character’s life with Bipolar Disorder over the last three decades.

7. To show the importance of contributions of persons with mood disorders by providing a partial list.

8. To provide, in understandable language, some of the latest thinking regarding the genetics of Bipolar Disorder.

9. To give an understandable overview of the current treatment of Bipolar Disorder.

10. This CME was free of commercial bias.

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