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Thanks to sharper diagnosis and better medicine, the future is brighter for people with bipolar disorder than in past generations. But if you or someone you love is struggling with the frantic highs and crushing lows of this illness, there are still many hurdles to surmount at home, at work, and in daily life.

*How can you learn to distinguish between the early warning signs of mood swings and the normal ups and downs of life?
*What medications are available, and what are their side effects?
*What should you do when you find yourself escalating into mania or descending into depression?
*How can you get the help and support you need from family members and friends?
*How can you tell your coworkers about your illness without endangering your career?

In this comprehensive guide, Dr. David J. Miklowitz offers straight talk that can help you tackle these and related questions, take charge of your illness, and reclaim your life. A leading researcher and clinical specialist who knows what works, Dr. Miklowitz supplies proven tools to help you achieve balance--and free yourself from the emotional and financial havoc that result when symptoms rule your life--without sacrificing your right to rich and varied emotional experiences.

This essential resource will help you and your family members come to terms with the diagnosis, recognize early warning signs of manic or depressive episodes, cope with triggers of mood swings, resolve medication problems, and learn to collaborate effectively with doctors and therapists. You'll learn specific ways to ask for support and help from your family and friends--and what to do when their "caring" feels like "controlling." For times when the going gets tough, a wealth of examples of how others have dealt with similar challenges offer new perspectives and new solutions.

Whether you have recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, are considering seeking help for the first time, or have been in treatment for years, this empowering book is designed to help put you--not your illness--back in charge of your life.

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Hard on the heels of Fuller Torrey and Michael B. Knable's excellent Surviving Manic Depression: A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families and Providers (LJ 1/02) comes another strong title. Both books cover the origins, symptoms, and treatments for bipolar disorder, with emphasis on current medications. The main difference between the two books is that the current title by Miklowitz (psychology, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) is intended for patients. It spends a good deal of time on issues exclusive to the sufferer how to come to terms with the diagnosis, whom to confide in, and how to recognize one's own mood swings. More concise in its treatment of the issues just mentioned, Torrey and Knable's title is addressed to a more general audience, spends more time reviewing the scientific evidence concerning the origins of the disease, and has a much more useful resource list. On the whole, Surviving Manic Depression would be the first choice for most libraries, with Miklowitz's book recommended for patient education libraries and medium and large public libraries. Mary Ann Hughes, Neill P.L., Pullman, WA
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"Dr. Miklowitz's book is both impressive and very humane. His lucid, multidimensional exploration of the patient's experience and his practical and empowering self-management techniques go far toward promoting stability. This book should be required reading for people with the disorder, their family members, and the physicians and therapists who treat them."--Demitri F. Papolos, MD, and Janice Papolos, authors of Overcoming Depression and The Bipolar Child

"When Miklowitz started his work, it seemed paradoxical to many that psychosocial approaches, including illness education, could affect the course of an illness which is incontrovertibly genetic and biological in its origins. It was Miklowitz's pioneering research that proved this assumption wrong. Now he has provided patients and families with just the right psychoeducational tool--an authoritative and eminently readable book about bipolar illness and its treatment."--Frederick K. Goodwin, MD, coauthor of Manic-Depressive Illness, Research Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Center on Neuroscience, Medical Progress and Society, George Washington University Medical Center

"The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide is a practical, straightforward book that will be a great help to those who have bipolar illness, as well as their families."--Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, author of An Unquiet Mind and Night Falls Fast

About the Author

David J. Miklowitz, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he has been a faculty member since 1989. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the MacArthur Foundation, and recognized with awards from the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, among others. The author of over 90 journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Miklowitz is the coauthor (with Michael G. Goldstein) of Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach, which won the 1998 Outstanding Research Publication Award from the American Association for Marital and Family Therapy.

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Preface

I. The Diagnosis and Course of Bipolar Disorder

1. Why Do I Need This Book?
2. What Bipolar Disorder Looks Like--to You, to the Doctors, and to Everyone Else
3. Into the Doctor's Court: What to Expect from the Diagnostic Process
4. Is It an Illness or Is It Me?: Tips on Coping with the Diagnosis

II. Causes and Treatments

5. Where Does Bipolar Disorder Come From?: Genetics, Biology, and Stress
6. What Can Medication and Psychotherapy Do for Me?
7. Coming to Terms with Your Medication

III. Self-Management

8. How Can I Manage My Disorder?: Practical Ways to Maintain Wellness
9. What Can I Do If I Think I'm Getting Manic?
10. What Can I Do If I Think I'm Getting Depressed?
11. Dealing with Suicidal Thoughts and Feelings
12. Coping Effectively in Family and Work Settings

Resources for People with Bipolar Disorder
Self-Rated Mood Chart
Self-Rated Social Rhythm Chart

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Index
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Guilford Press; First Edition (January 24, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 322 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1572305258
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1572305250
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.32 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 10 inches

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Dr. Miklowitz is Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute, and a Senior Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University. His research focuses on family environmental factors and family interventions for children, adolescents and adults with bipolar disorder. His work has helped establish the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions as adjuncts to medication in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Dr. Miklowitz has received numerous awards for his research and writings including Young Investigator Awards from the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (1987) and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) (1987), a Distinguished Investigator Award from NARSAD (2001), the 2005 Mogens Schou Award for Research from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, the 2009 Gerald L. Klerman Senior Research Investigator Award from the Depressive and Bipolar Support Alliance, and the 2011 Bipolar Mood Disorder Research Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. He has received multiple grants for his research from the National Institute of Mental Health and private foundations. Dr. Miklowitz has published over 300 journal articles and chapters, and 8 books. His book Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach (Guilford), won the 1998 Outstanding Research Publication Award from the American Association for Marital and Family Therapy. His book “The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide” is an international bestseller that has been translated into 8 languages, with 275,000 copies in print.
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David J. Miklowitz, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Colorado, is a leading international scholar and author in the study of bipolar disorder. He is currently investigating the effectiveness of his Family-Focused Therapy for adolescent bipolar disorder.
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Diane D Crabtree

Great book

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I received the book immediately. Informative book. Factual with checklist to use for others . Would recommend this book. Good read!

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Roi D. St John

Solutions for Mothers and others

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After years of trying to find answers for behaviors that were beyond imagining, the diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder came as a relief for this mother.Wanting answers was just the beginning. Being part of the solution rather than the problem was my personal goal. This book was very helpful to me. Recommended by a career professional in mental health, it is easy to follow the research and the suggestions given, for the most part. The last STAR would have been there had it been not quite so clinical. Written for the patient, it helps to be in the skin of the patient for me, the book is low key, non confrontational and kind to the patient. Most important piece of information as a family member is to not lump the person with the condition. Easy to do when the patient is in an episode. Trying to learn the dance and the steps one can take to keep the dance from becoming deadly, has been huge. There ARE solutions. If you have this disorder or are the loving mother of one who has it, there are things you can do to arrest the severity of this disorder and their is HOPE for the patient. You are NOT your disease. You ARE loved, and you CAN get better, with clear tools described in this book.

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Vasiliki

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A well written book by a great doctor who personally treated my sister and assisted our family through a rough time. Thorough and helpful for the patient and their family. A must have for any family who has had to deal with this disorder. Being informed is the key to resolving issues and this book touches upon every aspect of bi-polar disorder. Having been though an episode with my sister, I personally know that having this guide would have been so helpful. So many people will want to give you their advice and opinions- just refer to this book to get the real scoop and you will be so much more grounded.

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Excellent, serious, informative

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With all the bad stuff out there, this one really stands out. The author treats the reader as intelligent and presents a very organized narrative, with reliable information. He deals well with the complexities of diagnoses, and understands how this disorder might be confusing to patients, given its wide range of presentations.

Wholeheartedly recommended and a shining light when compared with some of the others out there that are insults to intelligent people. Everyone tries to make money off of these books, and this leads to a market saturated with poseurs, but this author is the real thing.

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M. Roberts

I have Bipolar, I'm not A bipolar.

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2010

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Overall the book was ok but I did not like how the authors would say 'bipolars, your bipolar person, etc.' I am a person with bipolar disorder, not 'A' bipolar. It just kinda ticked me off how she took the fact away that we are still people who happen to suffer from this horrible disorder.

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A Great Tool for All to Use

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2015

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A his book is a must for anyone who has bipolar, who knows someone who has it or who works with those who have it.

A very clear, easy to digest manual that explains all the facets of this disorder from a to z. I highly recommend it for teachers as well, for there is at least one child in your class that is dealing with this.

A great blueprint for addressing and handling a very complex, confusing disorder that is hardly understood and mostly dealt with wrongly.

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2019

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If you are suffering or have a loved one suffering, don't hesitate to buy this book. It has helped with understanding, patience, and most of all CARING for a loved on in need of it!!! Take the chance and become informed!!! You won't regret it!!!! TCB

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Teene 2

Understand more about bipolar

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2015

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Very imformative and a big help in understanding what one of my family has been diagnosed with. I have'nt finished reading it all yet but already I can see a pattern of what she's going through.

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This book is fantastic. I have Bipolar and because of this book ...

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This book is fantastic. I have Bipolar and because of this book I understand myself better and received the wrong medications and treatments. This book is a god send. The best buy I ever made. Would recommend it.

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Good book, & fast delivery. Gives you some useful insight in to the illness. bought the book to give me more insight to the illness for my partner who was diagnosed when he was 18/19yrsd old.

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this is an excellent and thouroughly informative book. a great book to have if you or a loved one suffers from bi polar affective disorder.