| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
xi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Johns Hopkins Press health book |
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Johns Hopkins Press health book.
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| Note |
Previous edition: 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-327) and index. |
| Contents |
Normal and abnormal mood -- The categories of bipolar disorder -- Bipolar disorder and the DSM-5 -- The mood disease : some history -- Mood-stabilizing medications -- Antipsychotic medications -- Antidepressant medications -- New (and old) medications and pipeline drugs -- More medications, hormones, and dietary supplements -- Brain-stimulation treatments -- Counseling and psychotherapy -- Treatment approaches in bipolar disorder -- The brain is like the internet -- More bipolar biology -- The science of cycles : chronobiology -- The genetics of bipolar disorder -- Bipolar disorder in children and adolescents -- Women with bipolar disorder : special considerations -- Alcoholism and drug abuse -- Borderline personality disorder -- Bipolar disorder and creativity -- Living with bipolar disorder -- Planning for emergencies -- The role of the family -- Putting it all together and looking to the future. |
| Summary |
"The author is a psychiatrist who specializes in depression and bipolar disorder, for which the right mixture of medications is difficult to achieve. This fourth edition features updated discussions of older therapies and added material on newer ones -- vagus nerve stimulation, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and intravenous infusion of ketamine/esketamine -- and a new chapter comparing bipolar disorder with borderline personality disorder."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Bipolar disorder -- Popular works.
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Affective disorders -- Popular works.
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Bipolar Disorder. (DNLM)D001714
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Affective disorders. (OCoLC)fst00798861
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Manic-depressive illness. (OCoLC)fst01007706
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| Genre/Form |
Popular Work.
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Popular Work. (DNLM)D020496
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Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| ISBN |
9781421439051 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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1421439050 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9781421439068 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
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1421439069 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
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9781421439075 (ebook) |
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