Living with Bipolar Disorder

Living with Bipolar Disorder
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : 9780199843749
ISBN-13 : 0199843740
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Living with Bipolar Disorder by : Michael W. Otto

Living with Bipolar Disorder is designed to help patients and their families develop the skills they need to be good consumers of treatment and to become expert partners in the management of this challenging disorder. Drawing on research documenting the strength of combining drug treatments with behavioral interventions for fighting bipolar disorder, the authors of this book take a skill-based, family-and-friends approach to managing the ups and downs commonly experienced with bipolar disorder. Readers will learn how to better recognize mood shifts before they happen, minimize their impact, and move on with their lives. Family members will learn how to recognize potential problems, provide encouragement, practice new coping skills, and understand what a loved one is going through. Living with Bipolar Disorder provides worksheets and forms to help readers reinforce skills and practices learned in therapy, as well as useful information about the details of living with bipolar disorder, advice on the best ways to avoid relapses, and strategies for anticipating problems. In this new edition, the authors have expanded the text to reflect the newest advances in research on the management of bipolar disorder, adding the latest in drug information, advice on selecting a therapist, a discussion of the challenges of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood with bipolar, managing stress, improving relationship and communication skills both with the family and with one's clinician, and more. Living with Bipolar Disorder offers a wealth of effective strategies to reduce the likelihood of episodes of depression or mania and maximize the enjoyment of life.

Living With Bipolar

Living With Bipolar
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Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Total Pages : 314
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781741762334
ISBN-13 : 1741762332
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Living With Bipolar by : Michael Berk

A practical and authoritative guide to bipolar disorder: its causes, current treatments and strategies for managing the illness and living well.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
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Publisher : American Psychiatric Publishing
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 1955245185
ISBN-13 : 9781955245180
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) by : American Psychiatric Association

An Unquiet Mind

An Unquiet Mind
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 237
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307498489
ISBN-13 : 0307498484
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis An Unquiet Mind by : Kay Redfield Jamison

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.

If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder

If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 242
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780195181517
ISBN-13 : 0195181514
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder by : Edna B. Foa

THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON: SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER, GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

Brilliant Madness

Brilliant Madness
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Publisher : Bantam
Total Pages : 369
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307572769
ISBN-13 : 0307572765
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Brilliant Madness by : Patty Duke

In her revealing bestseller Call Me Anna, Patty Duke shared her long-kept secret: the talented, Oscar-winning actress who won our hearts on The Patty Duke Show was suffering from a serious-but-treatable-mental illness called manic depression. For nearly twenty years, until she was correctly diagnosed at age thirty-five, she careened between periods of extreme euphoria and debilitating depression, prone to delusions and panic attacks, temper tantrums, spending sprees, and suicide attempts. Now in A Brilliant Madness Patty Duke joins with medical reporter Gloria Hochman to shed light on this powerful, paradoxical, and destructive illness. From what it's like to live with manic-depressive disorder to the latest findings on its most effective treatments, this compassionate and eloquent book provides profound insight into the challenge of mental illness. And though Patty's story, which ends in a newfound happiness with her cherished family, it offers hope for all those who suffer from mood disorders and for the family, friends, and physicians who love and care for them.

Chemotherapy in Psychiatry

Chemotherapy in Psychiatry
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 279
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781461437093
ISBN-13 : 1461437091
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Chemotherapy in Psychiatry by : Ross J. Baldessarini

Use of psychotropic drugs has come to dominate clinical practice in psychiatry worldwide—perhaps owing largely to perceived simplicity, ease of use, and apparent efficiency, as well as apparent cost-effectiveness of such treatments. Nevertheless, medicinal treatments for patients with psychiatric disorders are but one component of comprehensive clinical care of complex human problems. Extensively updated since its second edition in 1985, Chemotherapy in Psychiatry, Third Edition, again addresses basic aspects of modern psychopharmacology and clinical applications of drugs used in the treatment of major psychiatric disorders, with major emphasis on psychotic, bipolar, and depressive disorders. The presentation covers descriptions of the main classes of psychotropic drugs, selected information concerning their known action mechanisms and metabolic disposition, and their clinical applications for acute illnesses and to prevent recurrences and long-term morbidity. Also covered are limitations and adverse effects of each type of agent, with emphasis on the fact that all psychotropic medicines have adverse effects that range from annoying to potentially lethal. Chemotherapy in Psychiatry, Third Edition, outlines the need to balance benefits and risks at the level of individual persons. Authoritative, and an important contribution to the literature, Chemotherapy in Psychiatry, Third Edition is an invaluable resource for physicians, scientists, trainees, and policymakers.

The Wellness Workbook for Bipolar Disorder

The Wellness Workbook for Bipolar Disorder
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Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages : 266
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781626251328
ISBN-13 : 1626251320
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wellness Workbook for Bipolar Disorder by : Louisa Grandin Sylvia

Studies show there is a clear link between bipolar disorder and obesity-related illnesses. In this workbook, a leading Harvard Medical School researcher and bipolar expert presents a step-by-step, evidence-based behavioral lifestyle program to help people with bipolar disorder live healthy lives, regulate moods, and lose weight. If you have bipolar disorder, you already know about the emotional ups and downs that can accompany this disorder. But you may not know that people with bipolar disorder are far more likely to die from obesity-related illnesses as a result of poor nutrition and poor lifestyle choices. For the first time ever, this comprehensive workbook offers the proven-effective, Harvard-researched diet and lifestyle program made popular in the best-selling book Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, to help you manage your moods, lose weight, and thrive. When you are experiencing a manic or depressive episode, making healthy lifestyle choices is probably the last thing on your mind. That’s why The Wellness Workbook for Bipolar Disorder offers guidance to help you implement healthy changes into your daily life—one step at a time.

Bipolar Disorder Demystified

Bipolar Disorder Demystified
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Publisher : Da Capo Press
Total Pages : 426
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1569245584
ISBN-13 : 9781569245583
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Bipolar Disorder Demystified by : Lana R. Castle

Offers a guide to the nature of bipolar disorder, discussing symptoms, treatment, and the factors that complicate its diagnosis.

Living Without Depression and Manic Depression

Living Without Depression and Manic Depression
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Publisher : New Harbinger Publications Incorporated
Total Pages : 263
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1879237741
ISBN-13 : 9781879237742
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Living Without Depression and Manic Depression by : Mary Ellen Copeland

Provides strategies and inspiration to help people suffering from depression and manic depression cope with the disease, covering such topics as minimizing negative influences, taking medication safely, and counseling.