
Coping with Bipolar Disorder
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"The book is practical, realistic, and well focused, emphasising the individual, family, and social resources that can and should be used to deal with a condition as complex as bipolar disorder." * Quarterly Journal of Mental Health *More details
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- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: What is bipolar disorder?
- Introduction
- How common is it?
- Symptoms of bipolar disorder
- Causes
- Course of illness
- Creativity and bipolar disorder
- Chapter 2: Treatments for bipolar disorder - medication
- Drug treatments in general
- Mood stabilisers
- Antidepressants
- Neuroleptics
- Anti-Parkinsonian drugs
- Minor tranquillisers
- Self-monitoring and drug compliance
- Chapter 3: Treatments for bipolar disorder - professional help
- General practitioners
- Community mental health teams
- Relationships with professionals
- Chapter 4: Recent developments in psychological approaches to bipolar disorder
- Recent developments
- What is cognitive-behavioural therapy?
- How does cognitive-behavioural therapy work?
- Assumptions
- Chapter 5: Early warnings
- Monitoring moods and early warning signs
- Early warning signs of mania
- Early warning signs of depression
- Chapter 6: Helping yourself - routine, diet and relaxation
- Protective effects of routine
- Eating well and feeling well
- Why alcohol and drugs can cause problems
- Different types of relaxation
- Safe thrills
- Chapter 7: Vicious cycles and how to deal with them
- Vicious cycles and stress
- Problem solving
- Relaxation
- Anger and anger management
- Assertiveness
- Chapter 8: The risks of sleep loss
- The body clock
- The importance of checking your own mood
- The problem with caffeine
- Air travel and mood
- Chapter 9: Family issues
- Family and bipolar disorder
- Involvement of family of origin
- Involvement of spouses and partners
- Dealing with family breakdown after illness and rebuilding relationships
- Support for families and partners
- Chapter 10: Feeling bad about one's illness - guilt, shame and stigma
- Stigma
- Anger and loss
- Guilt
- Chapter 11: Survival issues
- Money
- Housing issues
- Sexual behaviour
- Social support and self-help
- Relating to professionals - active helping
- Chapter 12: Your rights and how to protect them
- The Mental Health Act
- Advocacy and support
- Disability and discrimination
- Driving
- Self-help groups
- A final note
- Appendix A: Useful addresses and further reading
- Useful addresses
- Further reading
- Appendix B: Deep muscle relaxation
- Index
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