{"id":8416,"date":"2014-09-01T00:27:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T07:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=8416"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:53","slug":"my-bp-magazine-blog-an-interview-with-sherry-joiner-what-is-the-difference-between-bipolar-disorder-and-schizo-affective-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/my-bp-magazine-blog-an-interview-with-sherry-joiner-what-is-the-difference-between-bipolar-disorder-and-schizo-affective-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"My Bp Magazine Blog: An Interview with Sherry Joiner. What is the Difference between Bipolar Disorder and Schizo-affective Disorder?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8417\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" alt=\"julie sherry 12.13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: It&#8217;s Labor Day here in the States. I&#8217;m doing a contest where a person who has schizoaffective disorder can win Sherry&#8217;s book. Please visit my Facebook page at Julie A. Fast for contest details. Today only! Woo. Today is also the day we announce the winner of Sherry&#8217;s beautiful flower painting that you see below. So if you bought her book\u00a0in the past month, please make sure you send in your name to BooksbyMental Health Writers\u00a0 at\u00a0 gmail dot com with your contact info.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you know the difference between bipolar disorder and schizo-affective disorder?<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I interviewed Sherry Joiner, the author of Sherry Goes Sane: Living a Life with Schizo Affective Disorder and asked her to explain the difference and tell us more about her life with the illness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sherry and I met at a writer\u2019s meeting many years ago. She told me she wanted to write a book about living with schizoaffective disorder. Years later I spoke at a bipolar disorder support group. I looked up and there she was. She said, \u201cGuess what Julie! I wrote my book!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 We are now close friends. I asked her about the differences between schizo affective disorder and bipolar disorder in part one of our interview. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Click <a title=\"Sherry Goes Sane: What is Schizoaffective Disorder? \" href=\"http:\/\/www.bphope.com\/bphopeblog\/post\/Part-One-Sherry-Goes-Sane-What-is-Schizo-Affective-Disorder.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to visit the BP Magazine blog and read more! <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0I just took this picture of Sherry today in my mother&#8217;s backyard. She&#8217;s holding one of her most beautiful paintings and her book. We just did a contest on Facebook and the lucky winner got a copy of the book, plus a call with Sherry to discuss schizo-affective disorder. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8305\" style=\"margin: 25px 24px;\" alt=\"flower painting details small\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/flower-painting-details-small-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/flower-painting-details-small-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/flower-painting-details-small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/flower-painting-details-small-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/flower-painting-details-small-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/flower-painting-details-small-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/flower-painting-details-small.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sherry-with-ballerina-and-book-2014-50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8535\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" alt=\"Sherry with ballerina and book 2014  50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sherry-with-ballerina-and-book-2014-50.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sherry-with-ballerina-and-book-2014-50.jpg 304w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sherry-with-ballerina-and-book-2014-50-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sherry-with-ballerina-and-book-2014-50-124x150.jpg 124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8417\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" alt=\"julie sherry 12.13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/julie-sherry-12.13-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: It&#8217;s Labor Day here in the States. I&#8217;m doing a contest where a person who has schizoaffective disorder can win Sherry&#8217;s book. Please visit my Facebook page at Julie A. Fast for contest details. Today only! Woo. Today is also the day we announce the winner of Sherry&#8217;s beautiful flower painting that you see below. So if you bought her book in the past month, please make sure you send in your name to BooksbyMental Health Writers at gmail dot com with your contact info.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know the difference between bipolar disorder and schizo-affective disorder? <\/p>\n<p>I interviewed Sherry Joiner, the author of Sherry Goes Sane: Living a Life with Schizo Affective Disorder and asked her to explain the difference and tell us more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/my-bp-magazine-blog-an-interview-with-sherry-joiner-what-is-the-difference-between-bipolar-disorder-and-schizo-affective-disorder\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11256,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8416\/revisions\/11256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}