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Julie A. Fast is a brain health researcher and author who focuses on bipolar and psychotic disorder management as well as the impact of brain health on relationships. She is the top bipolar disorder management writer in the world with over 500,000 books sold and 15 million views of her online work on bp Magazine, Psychology Today and other publications. Julie lives with bipolar disorder and a psychotic disorder. Her latest research focuses on the impact of substances on the brain including cannabis marijuana.  Julie wrote the top two bipolar disorder management books Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder and Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder. 

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Julie A. Fast is the bestselling author of Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder, Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder and Getting it Done When You’re Depressed. She is the world’s top online bipolar disorder author with over 15 million views of her blogs, essays and articles. Julie was the original consultant for the Claire Danes character on the Showtime series Homeland and she regularly appears on TV and podcasts to talk about brain health.  After 15 years of untreated symptoms, Julie was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder and a psychotic disorder, now called schizoaffective disorder in 1995 at age 31. She focuses on bipolar disorder research and education and regularly trains health care professionals on the topics of bipolar disorder, psychosis and substances that affect the bipolar brain with an emphasis on the impact of cannabis on the brain. Julie has a popular Instagram page and regularly works with family members and partners who have a loved one with bipolar disorder.