Living with bipolar disorder : a handbook for patients and their families
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- ISBN: 9780786458653
- ISBN: 0786458658
- ISBN: 9781476615127
- ISBN: 1476615128
- ISBN: 9781476615127
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x, 251 pages ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-242) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | How did I get here? -- A historical perspective -- Bipolar disease basics -- Bipolar disease diagnosis -- The bipolar spectrum -- Bipolar disease genetics -- Bipolar disease in women -- Why treat bipolar disease? -- Bipolar disease medications -- Talk therapy and lifestyle management -- Other treatments -- The dark side of bipolar disease -- The bipolar edge -- Prominent bipolar disease sufferers -- Putting it all together. |
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Subject: | Manic-depressive illness Manic-depressive illness Diagnosis Manic-depressive illness Treatment Bipolar Disorder therapy |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RC 516 .B76 2014 | 30775305538515 | General Collection | Available | - |
Living with Bipolar Disorder : A Handbook for Patients and Their Families
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Living with Bipolar Disorder : A Handbook for Patients and Their Families
"Bipolar" means more than mood swings and chemical imbalances. It is a genetic brain regulation malfunction causing not only mood but behavioral symptoms. Severity and symptoms vary along a spectrum of disease presentations, from a happy, positive personality, to a moody temperament, to chronic and recurrent depressions, to classic manic-depressive illness. It is a chronic disease with periods of illness as well as remission. Keeping the disease under control requires daily maintenance and vigilance for emerging symptoms. The goal of this book is to help the bipolar person successfully manage his or her illness and live a full and meaningful life. First, the reader will learn all about bipolar disorder: how it presents, how it is diagnosed, how it is passed down in families, and how it affects women as compared to men. Next, the various types of treatment and the logistics of daily maintenance are discussed in detail. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of bipolar disorder are explored and the lives of interesting and outstanding historical and current bipolar individuals are examined.