Adult Bipolar Disorders: Understanding Your Diagnosis and Getting Help (Paperback)

by Mitzi Waltz (Author)

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Product Description
Bipolar disorders are changes in the brain and nervous system that cause severe mood swings, from the deepest suicidal depression to the most elevated euphoria. Approximately 2 million adults in the US have a bipolar disorder, according to the latest figures from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Worldwide prevalence hovers around 1 percent. Many traditional treatments, investigational medications, and complementary therapies can address symptoms and improve the lives of people with bipolar disorders. In some cases, the results are spectacular. Adult Bipolar Disorders: Understanding Your Diagnosis and Getting Help covers:

Securing a diagnosisManaging family lifeUnderstanding medical interventionsExploring therapeutic and other interventionsGetting care with an existing health plan, even with no coverage of “mental disorders”

Author Mitzi Waltz, an advocate for adults and children with neurological disorders, has included the stories of dozens of people with bipolar disorders.

About the Author
Mitzi Waltz is Lecturer in Journalism, University of Sunderland

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Patient Centered Guides; 1 edition (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596500106
• ISBN-13: 978-0596500108
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #987,437 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for taking control of mood swings!, July 10, 2002

By	Louise (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

I bought this expecting some kind of basic book on bipolar but it is so much more. The mood charts & advice on medicines and natural health are something I should have had years ago. Left me asking why I had to buy a book to find out these things, and thinking about buying another copy for my doctor.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding graduate level introduction, January 21, 2003

By	jsfisher (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This is the best book on bipolarism that my (bipolar I) wife and i have ever read. It combines readability with many references to academic/medical studies and snippets from interviews of bipolars. The book is informative and detailed as well as compassionate. The anecdotal pieces are not vague musings about being bipolar, but rather personal experience to complement the scientific data of any given topice. The book does not forever dwell on what bipolarism is, but instead quickly details the disease then moves on to how to continue living with the highest possible quality of life when you have the disease. Like any good graduate text, it starts with the most basic information and quickly helps the reader up the learning curve of the topic to discuss the most advanced and recent research on how to deal with the illness. This book is outstanding.

8 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is mislabled, May 25, 2002

By	Yvonne Z. Smith - See all my reviews

Except for 2 Chapters in the book the bulk talks about areas other than Bipolar illness. This would be good as a dictionary if you wanted a paragraph or two only on something related to different topics that cover mental illnes. It does introduce the novice to wide variety of possible treatments and physical illness that might cause a misdiagnoses of Bipolar illness. Its a good starting point for futher reading.