May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Every month needs to have this effort. Awareness is key. Bipolar disease is a severe mood diorder bookended by both mania and depression. Just 14% of teens with any mental disorder are on medication.

One out of ten children live with a serious mental or emotional disorder. One in four adults (58 million Americans) show symptoms of a mental health disorder every year.

Listen to this podcast for information that you need to know. If you are in the Des Moines area, on Monday, May 22nd, stop in to the Ankeny Library at 7pm for my "talk" on living withn bipolar disorder.