Bipolar disorder (previously termed manic-depression) is a serious mental illness and requires medication and often counseling to treat. This mood disorder increases the likelihood of suicidal outcomes. Though relatively common, many patients find coping with the illness difficult. First, the patient must come to terms with his/her own frailty. Then, the patient must find appropriate help for the ailment. Finally, she/he must educate a support structure to handle future difficulties with the illness. Fortunately, this scientific guide provides much insight in one place about all the issues today’s patients must confront.
Mondimore is an eminent psychiatrist and clinician at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He writes with obvious empathy and knowledge borne from much study and experience. Main topics covered include defining the disease, treatments, causes, variations, connections with other conditions, and getting and staying better. The book can serve as a comprehensive “driver’s manual” to this difficult disorder.
Often, a newly diagnosed patient does not know where to turn for more information about their condition. The amount of change required to deal with bipolar disorder can be overwhelming. This work, now in a fourth edition (meaning that it’s proven helpful for over a decade), presents the latest science and clinical wisdom. If you are a new patient and want to get on with your life by overcoming your new illness, Mondimore’s guide will provide you with almost all of the information you need.
As advertised, this book is especially geared to bipolar patients, whether new or longstanding, and to those who support them in life. Clinicians and counselors might also find it helpful in helping their own clients achieve success in life. It’s filled with science and pearls gained from medical expertise (and annotated with copious endnotes), not just helpful tips common in similar books. Along with the works of Kay Redfield Jamison (another Hopkins clinician), this work stands to help a generation of those sick with this serious mental illness.
Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for You & Your Loved Ones
By Francis Mark Mondimore
Fourth Edition
Copyright (c) 2020
Johns Hopkins Press
ISBN13 9781421439068
Page Count: 332
Genre: Medicine, Mental Health
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