100 Questions & Answers About Bipolar (Manic-Depressive) Disorder

by Ava T. Albrecht, Charles Herrick

Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient, a friend, or relative, this book offers help. The only volume to provide both the doctor's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Bipolar (Manic-Depressive) Disorder, gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, coping strategies, sources of support, and much more. Written by a prominent psychiatrist, with actual patient commentary, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the medical, psychological, and emotional turmoil of this debilitating condition.

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 15, 2006

Reviews

[Michaela Saunders · Rating 1 out of 5]

I always look for compliments to give in my more negative book reviews. This is because I like to try -not to sugarcoat a review, that is not my intention- but to soften the blow of the harsh truth I want to share. This time, I couldn't think of any way to soften the blow; except through saying I'd heard of this book before and thought it seemed helpful. I felt some answers in the book were not clearly or fully answered, and I was very disappointed the book did not go into much more detail in the treatment chapter; because although I received plenty of information about therapy types and medications, those are extremely basic treatment options. What about certain types of exercise that are helpful? Or could the book have gone more in depth in information about aromatherapy? This bothers me because things that have helped me, such as journaling, aromatherapy and vigorous exercise, I really want others to learn about too! This book just wasn't all that helpful, to be frank.