Forthcoming revised edition will contain an expanded section on children. An excellent discussion of mood disorders and their effects on emotions, sleep, hunger, thinking, and the development of a sense of self. This updated edition of the book about manic-depression, first published in l975, contains much new information and talks at length about the positive side of bipolar disorder. New Hope for People With Bipolar Disorder. A well-written overview of symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and wellness strategies, including a chapter on children.
Authors are a psychiatrist, a psychotherapist, and a woman who lives with the illness.
Discusses anti-suicidal properties of lithium, a mood stabilizer used to treat the illness, and increased risk of suicide among patients who discontinue lithium. Depression and schizophrenia are worse in countries where people eat a Western diet. Stoll, director of the Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory at McLean Hospital and author of the 1999 Harvard study that found fish oil helpful in preventing depression and relapses in patients with bipolar disorder, explains why Omega-3 essential fatty acids are essential for good brain functioning. Stoll describes promising research on dietary supplementation with Omega-3s in bipolar disorder, depression, and a host of other conditions, and outlines areas where further research is needed. A sobering report on the urgent need for more community-based care for psychiatric patients.