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Surviving Manic Depression: A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families, and Providers (Hardcover)

by E.Fuller Torrey (Author), Michael B. Knable (Author) "Manic-depressive illness, like other severe psychiatric disorders, has come out of the closet ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Basic Books (14 Dec 2001)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0465086632
ISBN-13: 978-0465086634
Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.7 x 3.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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From E. Fuller Torrey, M. D. , the author of the best-selling Surviving Schizophrenia (more than 250,000 sold), and Michael B. Knable, D. O. , the first truly comprehensive, up-to-the-minute guide to manic-depressive illness. . Surviving Manic Depression is the most authoritative book on this disorder, which affects more than two million people in the US alone. Based on the latest research, it provides detailed coverage of every aspect of manic depression-from understanding its causes and treatments to choosing doctors and managing relapses-with guidance drawn from the latest scientific information. Drs. Torrey and Knable provide thorough, up-to-date coverage of all aspects of the disease, including a detailed description of symptoms (with many direct descriptions from patients themselves), risk factors, onset and cause, medications (including drugs still in the testing stage), psychotherapy, and rehabilitation, as well as information about how the disease affects children and adolescents. Here too are discussions of special problems related to manic depression, including alcohol and drug abuse, violent behavior, medication noncompliance, suicide, sex, AIDS, and confidentiality. Surviving Manic Depression also includes special features such as a listing of selected websites, books, videotapes, and other resources.

About the Author

E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., is president of the Treatment Advocacy Center and Executive Director of the Stanley Foundation Research Programs. He is also Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. His books include Schizophrenia and Manic-DepressiveDisorder, Out of the Shadows, Nowhere to Go, and Surviving Schizophrenia. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Michael B. Knable, D.O., is Medical Director of the Stanley Foundation Research Programs and Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry in the residency program at George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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This book describes itself as "a manual on bipolar disorder", and it is exactly that: almost 400 pages packed with information on everything you could want to know, arranged in a clear, easy-to-find format.

The emphasis (rightly in my opinion) is firmly biological; the authors frequently describe manic-depression as "a brain disease" and clearly see medication as the mainstay of treatment. Two chapters are devoted to medication, one on mood stabilisers and the other on antidepressants, anti-psychotics, tranquillisers etc. A large number of individual drugs are discussed (seven mood-stabilisers, unlike most books which only cover the usual three) and there are useful tables comparing their properties, side-effects and interactions. Their safety in pregnancy and in very young or old patients is discussed.

This is only an example - the other parts of the book, dealing with causes, risk factors, prognosis etc are similarly comprehensive. To the educated non-expert at least, it seems scientifically sound with plenty of references. It also seems up-to-date, discussing recent research with the necessary note of caution that so much is not yet understood. The material can be technical in places, but is helpfully summarised in lists and tables.

This is not to say that the book is all facts and figures either - the illness "from the inside" is sympathetically and vividly portrayed. And there is a great deal of practical advice for patients and families on self-help measures, insurance issues, medication non-compliance, substance abuse... An appendix lists a large number of books, videos, websites and other resources, all with comments as to their content and usefulness.

Given the biological standpoint of the authors, it is not surprising that there is little on psychotherapy, although it is not opposed, and the work of voluntary support groups is praised highly. The link with creativity is discussed a bit dismissively, but with further reading suggested.

Care is taken to distinguish bipolar disorder from other diseases with similar symptoms, and from "unipolar depression". However, I still found the book of interest even though my own diagnosis is uncertain in this last regard. I would say this is essential reading for anyone interested in mood disorders from a biological point of view.

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