More and more people are being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which affects 2.6 percent of all American adults. This diagnosis can be scary for patients and their loved ones, but new medications, therapies, and lifestyle changes have transformed treatment and benefited patients. With this health guide, you'll find authoritative, reassuring advice on topics like: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.
- The causes of bipolar disorder
- Common side effects to medications
- Alternative and nontraditional approaches
- Mania and manic episodes
- Links between bipolar and other disorders
- ISBN10 1440504059
- ISBN13 9781440504051
- Publish Date 18 September 2010 (first published 18 August 2010)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Adams Media Corporation
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 288
- Language English