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| Fri, 10-13-2006 - 2:56pm |
The Bipolar Child by Demitri Papolos and Janice Papolos. This is the third edition of one of the best books ever written about mental health, and one of the most influential. Since the first edition came out in 1999, we have learned a lot more about early onset bipolar, much of it from research generated by the authors. The third edition is an essentially different book than the first edition.
Shock! by Kitty Dukakis. The wife of a former Presidential candidate has succeeded in putting ECT into the public conversation. The book combines her struggles with substance use and depression with a well-researched narrative on ECT from her co-author, award-winning journalist Larry Tye.
Bipolar II: Enhance Your Highs, Boost your Creativity … by Ronald Fieve promises to be provocative. Dr Fieve is a pioneer in the treatment of lithium and one of the first to tease out the more subtle manifestations of bipolar back in the early seventies. Dr Fieve’s authority is beyond question, so when he says there may be an advantage to being a little hypomanic - which should not necessarily be medicated out of us - then we are all advised to pay attention.
A fourth book that is long overdue for review is Ellen Frank's Treating Bipolar Disorder, which is written for clinicians but that contains the type of info patients vitally need to know about managing their sleep and daily schedules.
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