Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Individuals and Familiesupdated Edition

Living with Bipolar Disorder is designed to help patients and their families develop the skills they need to be good consumers of treatment and to become expert partners in the management of this challenging disorder. Drawing on research documenting the strength of combining drug treatments
with behavioral interventions for fighting bipolar disorder, the authors of this book take a skill-based, family-and-friends approach to managing the ups and downs commonly experienced with bipolar disorder. Readers will learn how to better recognize mood shifts before they happen, minimize their
impact, and move on with their lives. Family members will learn how to recognize potential problems, provide encouragement, practice new coping skills, and understand what a loved one is going through. Living with Bipolar Disorder provides worksheets and forms to help readers reinforce skills and
practices learned in therapy, as well as useful information about the details of living with bipolar disorder, advice on the best ways to avoid relapses, and strategies for anticipating problems. In this new edition, the authors have expanded the text to reflect the newest advances in research on
the management of bipolar disorder, adding the latest in drug information, advice on selecting a therapist, a discussion of the challenges of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood with bipolar, managing stress, improving relationship and communication skills both with the family and with
one's clinician, and more. Living with Bipolar Disorder offers a wealth of effective strategies to reduce the likelihood of episodes of depression or mania and maximize the enjoyment of life.


Author: Michael W. Otto, Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, Robert O. Knauz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/30/2011
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780199782024

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 242

About the Author

Michael W. Otto, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at Boston University.

Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, Ph.D. and Robert O. Knauz, Ph.D. are Clinical Psychologists at Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructors at Harvard Medical School.

Aude Henin, Ph.D. is Co-Director of the Child CBT Program at Massachusetts General Hospital .

Jane N. Kogan, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Gary S. Sachs, M.D. is Founder of the Bipolar Clinic and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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