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

Miklowitz, David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572305258 ISBN 13: 9781572305250

Publisher: Guilford Press, 2002

Synopsis

This comprehensive guide offers straight talk that can help people with bipolar disorder take charge of their illness and reclaim their lives. It is filled with practical self-assessment and self-management strategies from a compassionate professional who knows what works. The book helps individuals and family members come to terms with the diagnosis; recognize early warning signs of manic or depressive episodes; cope with mood triggers, medication problems, and family and work issues; and learn to collaborate effectively with doctors and therapists. Above all, it supplies proven tools to help readers reach toward achieving balance - without sacrificing their right to a rich and varied emotional life.

About this title

About the Author

David J. Miklowitz, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The author of over 80 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572305258
• ISBN 13: 9781572305250
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292