Here are a few books that relate to early-onset Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Disorder and mental illness in general that might help to give further understanding of this insidious illness:

EARLY-ONSET BIPOLAR DISORDER:

IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT - New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents by Harold S. Koplewicz, MD

NEW HOPE FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER by Boris Birmaher, MD

MORE THAN MOODY - Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression by Harold S. Koplewicz, MD

BIPOLAR DISORDER AND DEPRESSION by Susan Dudley Gold

CHILDREN AND BABIES WITH MOOD SWINGS by Stanley I. Greenspan, MD and Ira Glovinsky, Ph.D. with Cindy Glovinsky, M.S.W.

BIPOLAR KIDS by Rosalie Greenberg, MD

IS YOUR CHILD BIPOLAR?: The Definitive Resource on How to Identify, Treat, and Thrive with a Bipolar Child by Mary Ann McDonnell, A.P.R.N., B.C. and Janet Wozniak, MD with Judy Fort Brenneman

WHAT WORKS FOR BIPOLAR KIDS: Help and Hope for Parents by Mani Pavuluri, MD, Ph.D.

INTENSE MINDS: Through the Eyes of Young People with Bipolar Disorder by Tracy Anglada

BEHIND HAPPY FACES: Taking Charge of Your Mental Health, A Guide for Young Adults by Ross Szabo and Melanie Hall

THE BIPOLAR CHILD: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder by Demitri Papolos, MD and Janice Papolos

ELI THE BIPOLAR BEAR by Sharon Bracken

BIPOLAR DISORDER AND MENTAL ILLNESS:

WORDS WITH MY FATHER -  A Bipolar Journey Through Turbulent Times by Lowell Klessig and Lukas Klessig

TREATING BIPOLAR DISORDER - A Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy by Ellen Frank

TOUCHED WITH FIRE - Manic-Depressive Illness and The Artistic Temperament by Kay Redfield Jamison

AN UNQUIET MIND - A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

CHANGING MY MIND: A MEMOIR by Margaret Trudeau

BRAINSTORM: FROM BROKEN TO BLESSED ON THE BIPOLAR SPECTRUM by Sara Schley

FEELING BIPOLAR by Jack Larson

LIVING WELL WITH DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR DISORDER - What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know by John McManamy

THE BIPOLAR DISORDER SURVIVAL GUIDE - What You and Your Family Need to Know by David J. Miklowitz, Ph.D.

NOBODY BELIEVES CRAZY by Will Morro

DETOUR - My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D by Lizzie Simon

HOPING FOR A HAPPY ENDING - A Journalist's Story of Depression, Bipolar and Alcoholism by Christine Stapleton

HIS BRIGHT LIGHT - The Story of Nick Traina by Danielle Steel

NEVER REGRET THE PAIN - Loving and Losing a Bipolar Spouse by Sel Erder Yackley

MENTAL ILLNESS:

DSM-V - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by American Psychiatric Association

LIFE IS WITH OTHERS - Selected Writing on Child Psychiatry by Donald J. Cohen, Edited by Andres Martin and Robert A. King

THE INVISIBLE PLAGUE - The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present by E. Fuller Torrey, MD and Judy Miller