Professor Gordon Parker AO is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales. He founded the Black Dog Institute, was Head of the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales for twenty years and head of the clinical psychiatry service at Prince of Wales Hospital for fifteen years. He has published over 1100 scientific papers and 17 books, including Burnout and Journeys with the Black Dog. He is a leading international expert in mood disorders, especially the bipolar disorders.

A balanced, scientifically explained and utterly fascinating account of major breakthrough cases in bipolar disorder.

• Preface1. Afternoon tea and fruitcake2. The bipolar disorders3. Managing the bipolar disorders3. Jane's quest4. Alex's quest6. Some more pioneers7. Biomes, the gut-brain connection and the logic for FMT8. A history of FMT9. FMT for depression?10. FMT for the bipolar disorders?11. Good mood food pursued12. The views of a biome expert13. The views of two other gastroenterologists14. Regulation of donor products15. If FMT is an answer, what questions does it invite?16. Jane's journeyGlossaryAcknowledgementsEndnotesIndex