Chelsea Lowe, Bruce M. Cohen

Living With Someone Who's Living With Bipolar Disorder (eBook, PDF)

A Practical Guide for Family, Friends, and Coworkers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An essential resource for anyone who has a close relationship with a person who is bipolar This book provides a much-needed resource for family and friends of the more than 5 million American adults suffering from bipolar disorder. From psychotic behavior that requires medication to milder mood swings with disturbing ups and down, this book offers a warm and often humorous user-friend guide for coping with bipolar loved ones, colleagues, and friends. The book includes * Guidance for identifying bipolar disorder symptoms and how to get the diagnosis confirmed * Strategies for dealing with rants, attacks, blame, depression, mania and other behaviors * Crucial information on medication and its effectiveness and potential side-effects * Techniques for dealing with attempts to self-medicate with drugs and alcohol * How many people with bipolar disorders can care for themselves, get help, feel supported and go on with their own lives This important book contains real-life illustrative examples and a wealth of helpful strategies and coping mechanisms that can be put into action immediately.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470550434
• Artikelnr.: 38189648

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 ix
Introduction xiii
Part One Understanding Bipolar Disorder 1
1 What Is (and Isn't) Bipolar Disorder? 3
2 A Brief, Colorful History (and Some Science) of Bipolar Disorder 19
3 Getting an Accurate Diagnosis 35
4 Understanding Medication 53
5 Understanding Psychosocial Therapies and Medical Treatment Options 71
Part Two Living with Your Partner 87
6 Building a Support Team 89
7 Bipolar Disorders and the Workplace 107
8 Communication and Coping Skills 127
9 Coping with Negative and Dangerous Behaviors 147
10 Sex, Intimacy, and Relationship Issues 161
11 Suicide Attempts, Hospitalization, and Commitment 177
12 Family Matters 193
Appendix: Excerpts from the DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Bipolar
Disorder 209
Notes 233
Resources 237
About the Authors 245
Index 247

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)