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the bipolar disorder survival guide by David J. Miklowitz, PhD
The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know is written by David Miklowitz, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, and Senior Clinical Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. Now in its third edition, the book was first published in 2002. Dr. Miklowitz states that his book intends to answer this question: “How can people with [bipolar] disorder achieve stable moods and lead more fulfilling lives while taking medications and dealing with the limitations the illness imposes?” The book covers diagnosis, etiology, medications, psychotherapy, and practical strategies to manage moods and overcome suicidal thoughts. The book is comprehensive without being overwhelming, and includes worksheets such as mood charts, social rhythm metric charts. and thought records.
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the bipolar ii disorder workbook by stephanie roberts et al
The Bipolar II Disorder Workbook, published in 2013, is written by Stephanie McMurrich Roberts, PhD, a clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) of mood and anxiety disorders; Louisa Grandin Sylvia, PhD, associate director at the Massachusetts General Hospital Bipolar Clinic and Research Program; and Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, PhD, on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and an expert on the CBT treatment of bipolar disorder. It is divided into sections on managing depression, hypomania, and anxiety, with strategies to manage symptoms based on CBT, dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) and family focused therapy (FFT). The book contains exercises, many of which can also be downloaded.
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the bipolar workbook: tools for controlling your mood swings by monica ramirez basco, phd
The Bipolar Workbook is written by Monica Ramirez Basco, PhD, a clinical psychologist, founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, and Associate Director for Science Policy, Planning, and Analysis at the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health. The book covers symptoms of bipolar illness, how to identify moods and recognize triggers, and how to manage symptoms using cognitive methods, medications, problem solving and stress management. The book contains worksheets, for example, on mood symptoms, goal setting, and reasons to have hope.
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AN UNQUIET MIND: A MEMOIR OF MOODS AND MADNESS BY KAY REDFIELD JAMISON
This memoir was written by American clinical psychologist and researcher Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison and published in 1995. Jamison is Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director, Mood Disorders Center, at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her memoir charts her life from childhood in a military family, to her diagnosis of bipolar illness as a 28-year-old assistant professor of psychiatry at UCLA, through an adulthood of navigating relationships and career with mental illness. She details her experiences of mania and depression, including a suicide attempt, and her relationship with lithium and with her psychiatrist. This books is honest, revealing, and beautiful.
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Schnipke, MD, B. (2019, July 3). Books to open the mind of a psychiatrist. Op-Med. https://opmed.doximity.com/articles/books-to-open-the-mind-of-a-psychiatrist?_csrf_attempted=yes
GORILLA AND THE BIRD BY ZACK MCDERMOTT
Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother’s Love is a book by American Zack McDermott about his bipolar illness, published in 2017. It chronicles his psychotic break while working as a public defender, his admission to Bellevue Hospital, and his return to the support of his mother in his home state of Kansas.
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McNeight, S. (2017, December 1). Disease Cloaked in Ambition: Gorilla and the Bird by Zack McDermott. The Rumpus.Net. https://therumpus.net/2017/12/gorilla-and-the-bird-by-zack-mcdermott