Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You...That You Need to Know (Living Well (Collins))
John McManamy
Language: English
Pages: 416
ISBN: 0060897422
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Seven years ago, John McManamy was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Through his successful Web site and newsletter, he has turned his struggles into a lifelong dedication to helping others battling depression and bipolar disorder reclaim their lives. In Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, he brilliantly blends the knowledge of leading expert authorities with the experiences of his fellow patients, as well as his own, and offers extensive information on:
- Diagnosing the problem
- Associated illnesses and symptoms
- Treatments, lifestyle, and coping
- The effects of depression and bipolar disorder on relationships and sex
With a compassionate and eloquent voice, McManamy describes his belief that depression is a wide spectrum that reaches from occasional bouts of depression to full-fledged bipolar disorder. The first book to help patients recognize this diversity of the disorder, Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder will help sufferers begin to reclaim their lives.
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DSM • Melancholic and Atypical Depression • Dysthymia • Psychotic Major Depression • Seasonal Affective Disorder • Things to Consider for the Next DSM • That Spectrum Thing Again 3 Bipolar Disorder Introduction • The Bipolar Time Warp • Bipolar I and Mania • Psychosis • Thinking • Bipolar II and Hypomania • Bipolar Depression • Cyclothymia • Rapid-Cycling • In Conclusion 4 Behavior Poison-ality • Exuberance • Creativity • Gift and Curse • Spirituality • The Brain in Love and Lust • Moral
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