The Everything Health Guide To Adult Bipolar Disorder: Reassuring Advice to Help You Cope

by Jon P. Bloch, Jeffrey Naser

For those with family members or friends diagnosed with adult bipolar disorder, as well as those who suffer from the disorder themselves, learning to cope is critical. Written in a sensitive, accessible manner, "The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder" is the comprehensive resource readers need, revealing in compassionate, straightforward terms what bipolar disorder is, what the symptoms are, how to get a diagnosis, and what types of treatment are available. Includes professional advice on: Different types of mood disorders Medications and available treatments Making lifestyle adjustments Multiple diagnoses with bipolar disorder "The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder" provides positive, supportive information for those coping with this complex disorder. Dr. Jon P. Bloch, Ph.D. is an associate professor of sociological anthropology at Southern Connecticut State University. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University. Dr. Bloch teaches courses in social psychology, intimacy patterns, and identity formation. He has published many articles in scholarly journals and is the author of several books.

Jeffrey Naser, M.D. is the technical reviewer for "The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Bipolar Disorder." He is board-certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. He is co-owner and medical director of Main Line Clinical Associates in Wayne, PA.

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 18, 2006

Reviews

[Melynda Yesenia]

to be quite fair, i was having a bad day when i read this. also, i have problems with books about the disorder that all emphasize to "have hope. this is not a life-sentence, this is not a prison; we have medications! So Many Medications that can help you not act like a mental patient." but only if i stay on meds, sacrificing my kidneys--amongst other things, and never ask if there's another way. but all the books say that very same thing and in that way, this book feels only okay. anything you find here can also be found in the bipolar survival guide, surviving manic depression, or any of the dozens of others on the subject. (just stay away from the memoirs.)

overall, this is laid out well and clearly and the writing is very thorough, (without including a manic freakout every other page which can be tough to read if you're trying at the time to not maniacally freak out), so if this is your main bipolar resource to surviving your bipolar express train to a bipolar life, you'll probably be pretty happy with it. very happy.

[Becca]

Very informative