Chelsea Lowe, Bruce M. Cohen

Living with Someone Who's Living with Bipolar Disorder

A Practical Guide for Family, Friends, and Coworkers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a warm and often humorous guide for coping with bipolar loved ones, colleagues, and friendsFeatures a wealth of helpful strategies and coping mechanisms that can be put into action immediatelyIncludes guidance on the best options for treatment, including discussion of when is medication a good idea and when isn't it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9780470475669
• ISBN-10: 0470475668
• Artikelnr.: 27134521

Autorenporträt

Chelsea Lowe is a health writer and essayist and the author of The Everything Health Guide to OCD. She has written feature articles and essays for NPR, Newsweek, Newsday, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and other publications. Bruce M. Cohen, MD, PhD, is emeritus director of the Harvard University- affiliated McLean Hospital and the Robertson-Steele Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cohen is a national leader in the study and treatment of bipolar disorders.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Introduction.

Part One Understanding Bipolar Disorder.

1 What Is (and Isn't) Bipolar Disorder?

2 A Brief, Colorful History (and Some Science) of BipolarDisorder.

3 Getting an Accurate Diagnosis.

4 Understanding Medication.

5 Understanding Psychosocial Therapies and Medical TreatmentOptions.

Part Two Living with Your Partner.

6 Building a Support Team.

7 Bipolar Disorders and the Workplace.

8 Communication and Coping Skills.

9 Coping with Negative and Dangerous Behaviors.

10 Sex, Intimacy, and Relationship Issues.

11 Suicide Attempts, Hospitalization, and Commitment.

12 Family Matters.

Appendix: Excerpts from the DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria forBipolar Disorder.

Notes.

Resources.

About the Authors.

Index.

Rezensionen

Mental health columnist Lowe and Cohen (psychiatry, Harvard Univ.)team up to address the needs and concerns of those who are involvedwith someone who has bipolar disorder. They use nontechnicallanguage to describe all aspects of diagnosis, treatment options,and day-to-day issues. Numerous vignettes of couples, told from thenonbipolar partner's point of view, personalize the narrative andalso make clear how varied the symptoms, whether behavioral oremotional, can be. Specific advice is offered on communicating withfamily, friends, and work colleagues; developing a professional andnonprofessional support system; and navigating the impact of thisdisease on work and personal life. There is also an extensivereading list appended, and resources appropriate to the topic athand are integrated into the text.
Verdict: This offers practical help to those living with orrelated to a person who is or might be suffering from bipolardisorder. A guide on the nitty-gritty details of managing arelationship and a life, with a hefty dose of encouragement thrownin, this has lots of excellent resources for all aspects ofdiagnosis, treatment, communication, and coping.--PaulaMcMillen, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas (Library Journal,January 29, 2010)