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| The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know | 
 enlarge | Author: David J. Miklowitz
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  61 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 322
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 6.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1572305258
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.895
EAN: 9781572305250
Publication Date: January 24, 2002
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very Helpful for Families November 7, 2008
I gave this book as a gift to a good friend with bipolar disorder. Her comment to me was "I wish I had this when I was first diagnosed (about 15 years ago)!" She has passed it along to another family whose son was recently diagnosed. Says this is an excellent and easy-to-understand resource for families and was most grateful for the gift.
Very Helpful for Friends and Family as well as victims of Manic Depression July 4, 2008
This book proved to be easy to read and informative. I would recommend it for anyone who is, or thinks they might be, bipolar. Also, it is good to read if you for sure think you are NOT bipolar, but others think you are. It will help you gain some perspective. This is also a helpful book for family and close friends of those who suffer from manic depression.
Books May 31, 2008
This was an awesome book excellent reading and easy to understand.I never understood bipoler disorder as well until i read this book. I really reccomend thi to anyone who is trying to understand themselves or a family member.
Survival Guide - Yes!! April 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After having been misdiagnosed most of my entire adult life, and after having checked myself into a psychiatric ward due to suicidal thoughts, I was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Following my hospitalization, I craved to know more about the disorder and how myself and my family could deal with the ups and downs of it. This book was just what I was looking for!! I have a medical/clinical background, and I was surprised to find that the author really only had one chapter on medications that the average reader might find a little dry. The entire book is highly informative, which makes it so easy for me to recommend to my family to read as a way of not only understanding bipolar disorder, but how they can help me when I'm not able to help myself. The practical tools for mood charting and how to rate my moods have been an invaluable asset to both me and my psychologist. If you or a family member have bipolar disorder, this is the one book to have. I can't thank Dr. Miklowitz enough for such a great book!!
 Comprehensive, clear and specific April 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I started reading this book when I was in the psych ward of a hospital after a "bipolar meltdown". I'd been having trouble coming to grips with this diagnosis, and I needed information. This book is laid out wonderfully, and describes all the criteria psychiatrists use to make a diagnosis. It all is interspersed with first hand accounts of people describing their lives with bipolar disorder. A large portion of the book is given to ways to manage your life. Charts to monitor moods and lots of assessment tools. Very helpful.
It caused me some difficulty because I didn't quite fit into any category or description. I guess I have a mixed state, never staying the same for a whole day. Many of my more frustrating symptoms, such as pacing, were not listed anywhere. My doctor tells me I am just a bit unusual, and maybe that is the problem.Nothing is going to quite give me the info I need.
This book is wonderful for those needing to know the parameters and describtions of this disorder. I recommend it.
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