"Manic" is the second book in Dr. Mark Totten's series on violence and mental health in adolescence. Tom, a 16 year-old in grade 11, struggles with recurring episodes of mania. He has no insight into his illness despite the fact that other students, his teachers and his running coach constantly ask him if he is okay and point out his symptoms. Tom lives in Ottawa with an alcoholic mother who is a hoarder and on welfare. Tom was abandoned by his...