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Living with Someone Who′s Living with Bipolar Disorder: Cărțile Sidoniei Bogdan

Autor C Lowe
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 ian 2010
Living with Someone Who's Living with Bipolar Disorder
If you love someone who has bipolar disorder, this warm, sometimes humorous, user-friendly book will give you the information you need to deal with changing moods, turbulent ups and downs, depression, mania, and other behaviors that are disturbing. Designed as a hands-on guide and written in everyday, nontechnical language, the book offers practical answers to the most commonly asked questions about bipolar disorder.
"A spellbinding look. For those touched personally by this long misunderstood disorder--a must-read that could change your life."--Patricia Cornwell, best-selling mystery author
"With this book, Dr. Cohen and Chelsea Lowe will bring palpable comfort to those whose lives have been affected by bipolar disorders."--Glenn Close, award-winning actress and advocate
"This is a much-needed book. Although common, bipolar disorder remains widely misunderstood. Chelsea Lowe and Bruce Cohen have written a highly accessible book full of accurate and useful information."--Steven E. Hyman, provost, Harvard University; former director, National Institute of Mental Health
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780470475669
ISBN-10: 0470475668
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 168 x 228 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: JOSSEY BASS
Seria Cărțile Sidoniei Bogdan

Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

∗ Millions of people living with someone who has a bipolar disorder, including spouses, family, friends, and co–workers ∗ Millions of people who have a bipolar disorder
∗ Professors, lecturers, teachers, and leaders of workshops and trainings on living with and treating bipolar disorders.
∗ Graduate school and professional psych schools studying BPD.

Descriere

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.


Notă biografică

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.