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Rollercoaster: Finding and Treating Bipolar and Other Unstable Mood Disorders
Understanding the various types of depressive and other mood disorders can be difficult. A practicing psychiatrist explains how to diagnose and treat unstable mood disorders, such as Bipolar Disorder. Eleven case examples illustrate the symptoms and treatments. Chapters on children, adolescents and pregnancy are also included. This is a useful handbook for patients, families, mental health workers, non-psychiatric physicians and physician extenders.
113 pages, Hardcover
First published November 27, 2006
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About the author
H. Paul Putman III
3 books1 followerDr. Putman earned his BA in Biology at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and received his MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He completed his internship and residency in General Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where he was Chief Resident. He is Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
A practicing psychiatrist for over thirty years, he has also performed Phase I-IV studies in psychopharmacology, published in peer reviewed journals, served as a supervisor for the Austin Graduate Medical Education/UT Medical Branch Residency Program in Psychiatry, and lectured in the psychiatry departments of Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Houston McGovern School of Medicine. He now mentors and lectures at Austin College and the Department of Psychiatry, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Putman is an Associate Editor of the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) open-source journal Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice and contributes often to Psychiatric News on topics consistent with enhancing scholarly practice.
He is currently completing his third book for APA Publishing, Reducing Cognitive Errors in Psychiatric Practice. His first, Rational Psychopharmacology: A Book of Clinical Skills, a text on practicing clinical psychopharmacology, was followed this year by Encountering Treatment Resistance: Solutions through Reconceptualization.
Dr. Putman is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA and a Fellow and former Laughlin Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists (ACP). He recently served the ACP as chair of its Continuing Education Committee.
A practicing psychiatrist for over thirty years, he has also performed Phase I-IV studies in psychopharmacology, published in peer reviewed journals, served as a supervisor for the Austin Graduate Medical Education/UT Medical Branch Residency Program in Psychiatry, and lectured in the psychiatry departments of Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Houston McGovern School of Medicine. He now mentors and lectures at Austin College and the Department of Psychiatry, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Putman is an Associate Editor of the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) open-source journal Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice and contributes often to Psychiatric News on topics consistent with enhancing scholarly practice.
He is currently completing his third book for APA Publishing, Reducing Cognitive Errors in Psychiatric Practice. His first, Rational Psychopharmacology: A Book of Clinical Skills, a text on practicing clinical psychopharmacology, was followed this year by Encountering Treatment Resistance: Solutions through Reconceptualization.
Dr. Putman is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA and a Fellow and former Laughlin Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists (ACP). He recently served the ACP as chair of its Continuing Education Committee.
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