The Years of Silence are Past: My Father's Life with Bipolar Disorder

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Stephen P. Hinshaw, author of The Years of Silence Are Past: My Father’s Life With Bipolar Disorder, published by Cambridge University Press.

Dr. Stephen P. Hinshaw

Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving his b a . from Harvard in 1974, summa cum laude, he directed day school and residential programs for children with developmental disabilities for three years. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from UCLA in 1983. He taught in the Psychology Department at UCLA from 1986-1990 and joined the Berkeley faculty in 1990.

Hinshaw has authored over 170 articles, chapters, and reviews on child psychopathology. His book, Attention Deficits and Hyperactivity in Children, The Years of Silence are Past: My Fathers Life with Bipolar Disorder, was published and his newest book, The Mark of Shame: Stigma and Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change.

He has received numerous research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health. He is Associate Editor of the journal Development and Psychopathology and serves on the editorial boards of seven other journals. Visit his website.