"If a colleague were to ask me, "What would you recommend I read if I want to become a real expert on bipolarity?" I would respond Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy: Caring for the Patient." Journal of Bipolar Disorders And the second edition is even better! Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy covers both pharmacotherapy and the supportive role of psychotherapy, psychoeducation and social approaches to provide a broad integrative philosophy of care for bipolar patients. Extensive coverage is given to special management issues such as the pharmacological care of women with bipolar disorder, children and the elderly, as well as bipolar depression and suicide prevention. The mood swings that characterize bipolar disorder can now be better stabilized in most patients than in the past, but the illness must be carefully managed throughout a person's life. Pharmacotherapy is central to the acute treatment and long-term management and as there are several classes of drugs which are often prescribed concurrently, treatment issues are complex. This essential reference work features critical reviews of the existing literature, plus information on new treatments that have been reported at peer reviewed scientific meetings, often written by the pioneering experts on a particular treatment. The second-generation antipsychotics are now covered in separate chapters to provide in-depth coverage of these agents. There are also new chapters on the pharmacological treatments of mixed states and rapid cycling and novel therapeutic vistas.

Product Description: This book focuses on the recent surge in research into the pathogenesis and treatment of bipolar disorder, and critically analyses the evidence supporting many of the conventional opinions about the disease. Chapters by leading basic science and clinical researchers from North America and Europe address issues including the very nature of the disease (psychological disorder or brain disease), the role of genetics, the role of cortisol, and the effects of long-term treatment...read more

The new edition of this critically praised text continues to provide the most comprehensive overview of the concepts, methods, and research advances in the field. It has been revised and enhanced to capitalize on the strengths of the first edition while keeping it up-to-date in the field of psychiatry. This comprehensive publication now includes new chapters on child psychiatry, community studies, and perinatal studies.

Product Description: This valuable reference explores the comorbidity of depression and bipolar disorders, addressing topics such as epidemiology, treatment strategies, and the association of comorbidity and outcome. Focuses on conceptual, empirical, methodological, and modeling issues! Considering temporal priorities in the predictive relationships between comorbid disorders, Comorbidity in Affective Disorderspresents data on the consequences of comorbidity for course and severity outlines the effects of Major Depressive Disorder, grief, and symptoms of medical illness resembling depression highlights the neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, and neuroimmunology of depression reviews somatic therapies such as mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and psychostimulants evaluates the role of depression in epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, HIV, and cancer details the link between depression and personality from psychodynamic, methodological, and treatment perspectives analyzes the implications of comorbidity in children, adolescents, and the elderly ponders future directions for treatment and research and more! With over 900 references, tables, and drawings, Comorbidity in Affective Disorders is suitable for psychiatrists, psychopharmacologists, psychologists, pharmacologists, clinical neurologists, neurobiologists, biologists and biochemists, pharmaceutical and behavioral scientists, and medical and graduate students in these disciplines...read more

Product Description: Mood Disorders Across the Life Span Edited by Kenneth I. Shulman, Mauricio Tohen, and Stanley P. Kutcher Mood disorders are increasingly recognized as chronic conditions that require life-long monitoring for episodic recurrences, acute treatment, and prevention efforts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)