I speak with Dr. Merryl Hammond, who is a health professional diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2008 at the age of 51. Almost overnight, she flipped from being a public health consultant to a locked ward patient. In Mad Like Me: Travels in Bipolar Country she shares the vivid details of her struggles with bipolar. By being fearlessly honest, she hopes to demystify this greatly misunderstood mental illness, and to humanize the people it affects.