The 3 podcasts in the Friendship Series are very popular so we decided to transcribe them so people who cannot play the audio can still have access to them. Part 1: What Not to Do When Your Friend Has a Mood Disorder | Pt 2: Here's What to Do When Your Friend Has a Mood Disorder | Pt 3: How to be a Good Friend When You Have a Mood Disorder

In this podcast, Ellie contrasts her experience with unsupportive friends in Pt 1 by showing us how good friends helped her get over a breakup as well as manage depression and ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Together, we brainstorm 3 qualities of good friends!

Phil talks about the Diathesis-Stress Model, a model that clinicians and researchers use when thinking about bipolar disorder. As it turns out, the positive and proactive support of family and friends really can be crucial in determining how a disorder progresses... for the better or the worse.

Chris and new youngest Co-Host Phil talk about the fact that how family and friends react and help deal with a loved one's diagnosis dramatically affects how well or not so well that person does in life. Literally, the literature suggests the prognosis (how problematic the disorder will be) of a disorder can be much better if family and friends don't band together to take on a mood disorder head on. It turns out that we really are all in it together.