Hornbacher, Marya, — Madness: a bipolar life.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2008. VG in VG DJ. At age 24 Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type 1 rapid-cycle the most severe form of bipolar disorder. Through scenes of visceral. and emotional power, she takes us inside her desperate attempts to counteract violently careening mood swings by starvation, mind-altering drugs, substance abuse, numbing sex and self-mutilation.