Answering questions about bipolar illness and how to live with it,
this
book addresses 187 recovery-related questions over the broad
range of
interest to the patient, family, and friend, and utilizes the
same
question-and-answer format heard in bipolar support groups.
Subjects cover a
wide spectrum, including: understanding the illness;
treatment methods;
medications; attitudes; acceptance; faith; living
problems; relationships
with friends, family, and psychiatrists;
support groups; disability;
hospitalization; and employment
difficulties. The answers were obtained from
a psychiatrist, a labor
law attorney, and a hospital worker. A psychiatrist
(Nelson)
reviewed the answers to the questions and provided a response to
each section of the book.
A Mood Apart
: Depression, Mania, and Other Afflictions of the Self
by Peter
C. Whybrow
Hardcover
Synopsis:
In A Mood Apart, one of the country's most distinguished
psychiatrists--an internationally renowned authority in the
field--examines mood disorder as "an affliction of the self, "
exploring
the human experience of manic depressive illness,
rediscovering the human
being within the diagnosis.
From Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/97:
The most
thorough and wide-ranging discussion for lay readers
about the interplay of
the physical and emotional elements of
depression and manic-depression.
An Unquiet
Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison
Paperback
Amazon.com Books:
From Kay Redfield Jamison - an international authority
on
manic-depressive illness, and one of the few women who are full
professors of medicine at American Universities - a remarkable
personal
testimony: the revelation of her own struggle since
adolescence with manic
depression, and how it shaped her life.
With vivid prose and wit, she takes
us into the fascinating and
dangerous territory of this form of madness - a
world in which one
pole can be the alluring dark land ruled by what Byron
called the
"melancholy star of the imagination," and the other a desert of
depression and, all too frequently, death.
Audio
cassettes available
A Brilliant
Madness : Living With Manic-Depressive Illness
by Patty Duke
Paperback
Synopsis:
The New York Times bestseller--Oscar-winning actress Patty
Duke's remarkable chronicle of her struggle with manic depression
along
with medical reporter Gloria Hochman's illuminating
information on the
disease itself. Since her first bestselling book,
Call Me Anna, Duke has
emerged as an important spokesperson
for mental health. HC: Bantam.
Living
Without Depression and Manic Depression :
A Workbook
for Maintaining Mood Stability
by Mary Ellen Copeland
Paperback
Synopsis:
More than 11 million people suffer from depression in the U.S. each
year. Now, this guidebook presents new ways to cope with
depression and hold it at bay. Based on a study of patients
diagnosed with major depression or manic-depression who have
avoided serious recurrences for over two years, this guide offers
proven techniques for staying well.
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