Surviving Manic Depression: A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families, and Providers

Description

Surviving Manic Depression is the most comprehensive, up-to-date book on the disorder that affects more than two million people in the United States alone. Based on the latest research, it provides detailed coverage of every aspect of the disorder. All aspects of the disease are addressed: symptoms, with many direct descriptions from patients themselves, risk factors, onset and cause, medications (including drugs still in the testing stage), causes, psychotherapy, and rehabilitation and how the disease affects children and adolescents. Here too are discussions of special problems related to manic-depressive disorder, including alcohol and drug abuse, violent behavior, medication noncompliance, suicide, sex, AIDS, and confidentiality. Surviving Manic Depression also includes special features such as a listing of selected websites, videotapes, and other resources.

E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. is Associate Director for Laboratory Research of the Stanley Medical Research Institute. He lives in Maryland, USA. Michael B. Knable, D.O., is Executive Director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute and Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry in the residency program at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C. He also lives in Maryland, USA.

"This book will be a godsend to those affected directly or indirectly by this disease." Psychology Today "A lucid, thorough...valuable resource for anyone touched by the illness." Publishers Weekly"