The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder: Reassuring advice for patients and families

by Dean Allen Haycock, Sheldon Whitten-Vile (Foreword)

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it can be overwhelming. New medications, therapies, and lifestyle changes may be recommended. But what are the most effective treatments? With The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder, 2nd Edition, you can take charge and manage your condition, or learn the best ways to support your friend or family member. Dean Haycock, PhD, and Sheldon Whitten-Vile, MD, explain: The causes of bipolar disorder Common side effects of medications Alternative and nontraditional approaches Mania and manic episodes Links between bipolar and other disorders This completely revised and updated edition includes the latest treatment options as well as recent studies and classifications. Bipolar disorder is a complex diagnosis. With this positive, supportive guide, you'll find the answers to all your questions—even the ones you haven't thought to ask.

Genres: Self Help, Mental Health, Nonfiction, Psychology, Unfinished

349 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 18, 2010

About the author

Dean Haycock is a science and medical writer living in New York.

He is the author of "Characters on the Couch, Exploring Psychology Through Literature and Film" (ABC-CLIO/Greewood, 2016); "Murderous Minds: Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil" (Pegasus Books), "The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder," 2nd and 3rd Editions (Adams Media) and "The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia" (Adams Media). He also is the co-author of "Avoiding and Dealing with Complications of LASIK and Other Eye Surgeries" (with Ismail A. Shalaby, M.D., Ph.D.)

He earned a Ph.D. in neurobiology from Brown University and a fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health to study at The Rockefeller University. The results of his research, conducted in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry, have been published in Brain Research, the Journal of Neurochemistry, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, and the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

The author’s other reporting and feature articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines including WebMD, Drug Discovery and Development, BioWorld Today, BioWorld International, The Lancet Neurology, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Current Biology and the Annals of Internal Medicine. In addition, he has contributed articles on a variety of topics to The Gale Encyclopedia of Science and The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health.

He is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.

Reviews

[Amber]

A decent starter guide. I read the third edition from the library but I own the second edition.

[Rana YILDIRIM · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the Turkish version of that book. The translation was terribly bad.
The book gives general sense of the bipolar disorder. A person who knows nothing on it will be able to understand the basic indicators of the disorder after finishing the book.
Besides the basics; there are lots of supportive ideas for the patients, family and friends of the bipolar sufferers. I appreciate it.

[Miss F Snelgrove · Rating 5 out of 5]

A complete guide to bipolar disorder

A very thorough guide to all things bipolar. It is an excellent guide for those with bipolar disorder and also gives guidance for friends and relatives too.

[Deanne Davies · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone with bipolar this book gives a clear explanation of the spectrum.

[JENNIFER Jones BALES · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing

So much great info as well as making a bleak situation hopeful! So glad I read this book:) Highly recommend reading this if you have a mental illness.

[Tammy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative

[Lorraine Frontzak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative

This book touches base on every aspect of all forms of bipolar, not only personally but for loved ones, friends and associates. I will have my family and friends read it

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

A comprehensive guide to adult bipolar disorder written in a way that is easy to understand. Highly recommended for those who have this disorder and for those who love them.

[Amber Giffen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very informative book...I learned a lot about my disorder and I would recommend it to anyone who has been newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

[Kara Merry · Rating 4 out of 5]

helpful book

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy reading that allows one to understand the major spots od dealing with a major mood disorder.

[Tanja Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the author condescending at times, but overall I found a lot of useful information.