The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, Second Edition: What You and Your Family Need to Know

December 15 2010

Product Description

A bipolar diagnosis can be overwhelming to sufferers and their family members. They need trustworthy information and support for finding the right treatment and coping with the illness’s devastating ups and downs. Over 200,000 readers have already found exactly that in this indispensable guide from a leading expert. Explaining the disorder’s causes, diagnosis, and best current treatments, David J. Miklowitz shows how to plan for and reduce recurrences of mood symptoms, make needed lifestyle changes to stay well, and strengthen relationships strained by the illness. Readers love the user-friendly tone, true-to-life stories, checklists, worksheets, and practical problem-solving advice. Updated throughout, the second edition has a new chapter, “For Women Only”; the latest facts on medications and therapy; and an expanded discussion of parenting issues for bipolar adults.

Product Details

• Paperback: 340 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition (December 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1606235427
• ISBN-13: 978-1606235423