Download or read book Bipolar and the Art of Roller coaster Riding written by Madeleine Kelly and published by Two Trees Media. This book was released on 2005 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Experiences of Bipolar Disorder written by Cara Aiken and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bipolar disorder can be a devastating illness, seriously affecting not only the person with bipolar but also their children, partner, parents, family and friends. While most people are familiar with the terms 'manic depressive' and 'bipolar disorder', there remains a lack of real understanding about the illness and many sufferers and their families can feel helpless, alone and misunderstood. Family Experiences of Bipolar Disorder is a personal and honest account of bipolar disorder. The author Cara Aiken has lived with bipolar for 10 years, and in this book she gathers together her experiences and those of a host of contributors to portray the reality of the illness and its impact on family life. Their children give open and frank accounts of their lives with a bipolar parent, and partners and close family members explain how it has affected them. The book also features important facts and figures related to bipolar which are contributed by leading experts. This moving and insightful book will provide an invaluable source of guidance, advice and support to people with bipolar disorder and their families, as well as an insight for professionals into the reality of life with the illness.
Download or read book I m Not Crazy written by I'm Not Crazy and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teens!! It isn't fair that you have depression or bipolar disorder. You can continue along the same path, but chances are, if someone gave you this workbook, that path isn't the best. Working through these pages will help you understand what the heck everyone is talking about. You might even see some of your behaviors and thoughts. It has practical suggestions to help you cope. What does it hurt to try? Ultimately, it is your choice to work through the issues. But, it's kinda nice to see that you aren't the only one to have these crazy thoughts.
Download or read book Social Work Practice and Psychopharmacology written by Sophia F. Dziegielewski, PhD, LCSW and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the Second Edition: “This is a very well-written book...My students appreciated the down-to-earth style of writing...Many of my students are deathly afraid of topics that have anything to do with biology. [They] were assured by the lack of jargon and the fact that the chapters were written in a way that they could easily understand. I look forward to the third edition!” -Nathan Thomas, LCSW San Jose State University, School of Social Work “New findings emerge daily, and new medications hit the market every year...The nature of this topic lends itself to revision at least every 2-3 years to stay current and germane to current practice standards... The case studies are a nice way to transform and integrate clinical principles with social work practice. Students have enjoyed the book as a foundational text.” -Dr. Robert Mindrup, PsyD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Social Work This comprehensive text—noted for its facility in integrating principles into practice--prepares social work students to play a key role within an interdisciplinary health care team: that of counseling clients who are taking medications used to treat common mental health conditions. The third edition has been fully revised to include new medications and reflect changes resulting from the publication of the DSM 5. Sample treatment plans, case examples, and a full glossary of medications have been updated, and the addition of a comprehensive Instructor’s Manual further enhances the text’s value. Also included is information on prescription drug abuse, expanded discussions of psychopharmacological considerations related to gender and culture, a new section on medical marijuana, pregnant women, and new content related to suicide warnings and internet availability and electronic records. The third edition also features a discussion of potential interactions with medications used to treat chronic conditions and emphasizes professional collaboration. The text is replete with guidance on common medicine-related issues social workers encounter in practice, including identifying potentially dangerous drug interactions and adverse side effects, improving medication compliance, recognizing the warning signs of drug dependence, and understanding how psychopharmacology can work in conjunction with psychosocial interventions. The role of the social worker taking into account treatment planning is stressed. The text also addresses the particular needs of children, older adults, and pregnant women and the treatment of specific mental health conditions. New to the Third Edition: • Reflects changes related to the DSM-5, the Affordable Care Act, and a multitude of new medications • Includes a restructured chapter on special populations highlighting the needs of children and adolescents, older adults and pregnant women • Presents new sections on electronic health records, telemedicine, suicide warnings, and medical marijuana • Offers enhanced coverage of psychopharmacological considerations related to gender and culture • Updates case examples, treatment plans, and extensive medication glossary • Provides a comprehensive Instructor’s Manual with PowerPoint slides, a sample syllabus, and sample tests Key Features: • Addresses the role of medication from the perspective of social work treatment • Delivers guidance on common challenges social workers encounter in practice • Encourages and empowers clients to be active in their own treatment • Emphasizes the role of the social worker in the use and misuse of medication • Identifies potentially dangerous drug interactions and adverse side effects • Explains how psychopharmacology works in conjunction with psychosocial interventions
Download or read book Mindful Wellness written by Carolyn Farrugia and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falling ill to depression has given me firsthand experience into the world of mental illness. My first book, Mindful Wellness: The Happiest Place in the World came about through my work with people diagnosed with a mental illness. There was some missing link in their development. The research I discovered unveiled a length of time between onset of illness, diagnosis, treatment, and finally, management or maintenance. The missing links were obvious to some but not so to others, who waited years for a correct diagnosis and then more years to come for the correct treatment and waiting for the side effects of medication to lessen. I started writing this next chapter of Mindful Wellness and got the name for this new book from my son Corey, who suggested I call it Being Happy. This book became my main focus for treatment along with medication and a balanced lifestyle. I asked myself, had I been ill with this for some time, was I not receiving the correct treatment? Luckily for me, I wasnt missing too many links in my development. However, this illness did knock me for six. When you become almost demonised with such an alienating, fearful illness, you see no way out. All that you have learnt has disappeared, and you struggle to get back to a reality that used to work for you. I am hoping that this book, Mindful Wellness: Being Happy, rewards you as much as the journey has rewarded me. I take my hat off to all who suffer and pray that one day you will be healed from yourself and live a life of mindful wellness, being happy.
Download or read book My Bipolar Roller Coaster Feelings Book written by Bryna Hebert and published by Trafford on Demand Pub. This book was released on 2005 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pediatric Bipolar Disorder is a neurobiological disorder that requires medical treatment. Even with successful medical treatment, however, both children and adults with bipolar disorder usually need coping skillls to manage and live with this challenging illness. The purpose of this book is to help the child with bipolar disorder better understand his or her feelings, and feel less alone in this world. This book is written for elementary school age children, but may be of use for those younger or older. Children with bipolar disorder usually have strong emotional responses to their world. The first step to treating this illness is proper medical attention. Once these children receive treatment, it is important to help them identify, understand, cope with and manage these feelings. In order to give children a sense of control over these strong feelings, a caring adult can first learn how to label their feelings. Next, guide the child to strategize appropriate responses and practice or role play the strategies. Our hope is that this book facilitates discussions with your child to help in that process. In using this book, help the child understand that feelings are an emotional response to stimulus, and it's very hard, if not impossible, to change those initial feelings. What a healthy and stable child can learn to do, however, is manage the resulting behavior and choose how much control feelings have over their lives. In other words, while it is acceptable to be angry, it is not acceptable to act destructively because of that anger. That doesn't mean, however, that an unstable child should be expected to control their illness through sheer willpower.
Download or read book Riding the Roller Coaster written by Marja Bergen and published by Wood Lake Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life can hold rich possibilities even for those with a mental illness. Learning to live with a mood disorder is something people do gradually, as life unfolds. Bit by bit they begin to recognise the symptoms. Gradually they begin to manage their illness. Marja Bergen is one of those people. Over the 30 years that she has had manic depression, she has gradually adopted a lifestyle that makes it possible not only to cope, but to live a full and productive life. In 'Riding the Roller Coaster', she shares some very practical tips, including escaping the blues before they grab you, what to do when you don't feel like doing anything, and keeping life stable. But there are obstacles. There is a social stigma attached to mental illness. Marja Bergen believes that this stigma can be overcome. It is a matter of accepting mental illness as an illness like any other. It is a matter of attitude. The attitude of individuals with a mental illness -- toward themselves, toward their illness and toward their potential makes a great deal of difference. To become really well, a person must work hard to improve their own life. Taking control and making things happen is far better than waiting for something to happen, and Marja Bergen writes with warmth and eloquence about how to do exactly that.
Download or read book iMIND written by DAVID S. ARNOLD, MD and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One's search for a sense of clarity and stability in this world can be daunting. Have you ever wondered what controls your life? Is it your thoughts, your feelings, or your desires? Is it other people that control your life? If you were able to find a path to self-enlightenment and inner change that would transform your life, what would it be worth to you? Through the use of a simple unified model, this book attempts to explain the behavior and interactions of individuals, groups, and systems. It presents a unique theory and method that can be used for self-guided personal growth and change. Together, the model and method can be used to obtain greater mental flexibility, power, and stability. The long-term goal is continuous personal growth and change. As you proceed, you will gain a deeper understanding of yourself and of our world. You will also gain new tools that you can use when dealing with the people and the systems that surround and impact you. You can use these tools to teach others about your nature and about their own natures as well. Along with stories, quotes, case studies, thought provoking information, carefully worked-out questions and suggestions: David S. Arnold, M.D. provides in-depth guidelines for self-enlightenment and inner change that will transform the reader's life. He offers sane, sensible, and reliable insights that will enhance the reader's ability to make important life decisions.
Download or read book Teetering on a Tightrope written by Steven W. Wilson and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an energetic normal boy of nine, Steven W. Wilson would not have guessed that the most horrifying day of his life was lurking just months ahead. From that terrifying day when he was at the theater, to his suicidal ideations, his attempt to kill his father and his subsequent hospitalization, Teetering on a Tightrope sweeps the reader headlong into the abyss of bipolar disorder. Wilson propels the reader into his sometimes out-of-control mind, inability to perform sexually and overwhelming anger. Despite all that, Wilson gushes about the monumental times when he was in a state of normalcy and could enjoy life's golden moments, all centered around his family and friends. Teetering on a Tightrope shows that those who suffer from bipolar disorder can experience a full and productive life.
Download or read book The Power Within written by David S. Arnold M.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One’s search for a sense of stability in this world can be quite daunting. Have you ever wondered what controls your life? Is it your thoughts, your feelings, or your desires? Is it other people that control your life? If you were able to find a path to self-enlightenment and inner change that would transform your life, what would it be worth to you? Through the use of a simple unified model, this book attempts to explain the behavior and interactions of individuals, groups, and systems. It presents a unique method that can be used for self-guided personal growth and change. Together, the model and method can be used to obtain greater mental flexibility, power, and stability. The long-term goal is continuous personal growth and change. As you proceed you will gain a deeper understanding of yourself and of our world. You will also gain new tools that you can use when dealing with the people and the systems that surround and impact you. You can use these tools to teach others about your nature and about their own natures as well. Along with stories, quotes, case studies, thought provoking information, carefully worked-out questions and suggestions the author provides in-depth guidelines for self-enlightenment and inner change that will transform the reader’s life. He offers clear, rational, practical, and reliable insights that will enhance the reader’s ability to make important life decisions.
Download or read book Abnormal Psychology written by Ronald J. Comer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a look at the field of abnormal psychology, including major theoretical models of abnormality, research directions, clinical experiences, therapies and controversies, this book covers personality disorders, the psychodynamic perspective, neuroscience, the 'empirically-based treatment' movement, and more.
Download or read book The Will s Harmonic Motion written by Fadel Sabry and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the sixth and last edition. It revealed the ultimate truth and solved the riddle of existence. Based on Schopenhauer’s philosophy, completed it, and took it to higher level. Schopenhauer’s concept of the will and morality form the basis for this book. Schopenhauer taught that our moral character is inborn and unalterable, but provides no explanation being metaphysical. This book proved without any doubt that our moral character is assigned to us according to a specific, unalterable, and predictable system. It proved it scientifically and through daily observation of human conduct. It observed that moral characters change and move as a sine curve, i.e., harmonic motion. After establishing this groundbreaking theory of the Will’s Harmonic Motion, Sabry extended it to cover and explain many topics including animals, pleasure, creative and healing power, physical and metaphysical actions, death, religion, eternal justice, and salvation. The book outlines Sabry’s long journey experience in meditation that ended in enlightenment, and put it in simple and easy to follow procedure. The book boldly resolved the riddle of existence.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology written by Ronald J. Comer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ronald J. Comer clearly integrates theoretical models, research findings, clinical experiences, therapies and controversies within the context of social and cultural influences in this study of abnormal psychology.
Download or read book Art from Adversity written by Anne Therese Naylor and published by Interactive Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, IP Picks 2012 Best Creative Non-fiction Enhanced by the author's paintings, Art from Adversity shines the spotlight on mental illness, in particular, bipolar disorder. It provides an insight into what it is like to become mentally ill, to ascend into mania, free fall into depression, and-finally emerge profoundly changed by the experience.
Download or read book A Beginner s Guide to Being Bipolar written by Brooke Baron and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-25 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Beginner's Guide to Being Bipolar:LEADS the newly diagnosed through the often difficult process of acceptance. From Chapter 1: "Welcome to the Family," to Chapter 6: "Make a Plan," this book teaches readers what to expect after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder (hint: expect the unexpected); how to remedy grief (hint: with science); and why it's important to commit to self-reflection (hint: maps tend to facilitate journeys).INSPIRES old-timers with a fresh philosophy on life including new ideas about meditation, authenticity, self-care, neurochemistry, and more.EQUIPS allies with tools to better understand bipolar disorder. Chapter 7: "This One's for the Allies" includes links to relevant sources as well as translative explanations of the bipolar experience for people with 'normal' brain chemistry. --Authored by a self-proclaimed linguaphile who has bipolar disorder and a penchant for metaphors, A Beginner's Guide to Being Bipolar unpacks a complicated subject with candid precision. Dozens of linked references provide a full introductory course of study for anyone interested in learning more about bipolar. Readers will enjoy a friendly, engaging, and well-researched tour through the labyrinth of bipolar life--and maybe even emerge with an empowered outlook.
Download or read book Mental written by Jaime Lowe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder. It began in Los Angeles in 1993, when Jaime Lowe was just sixteen. She stopped sleeping and eating, and began to hallucinate—demonically cackling Muppets, faces lurking in windows, Michael Jackson delivering messages from the Neverland Underground. Lowe wrote manifestos and math equations in her diary, and drew infographics on her bedroom wall. Eventually, hospitalized and diagnosed as bipolar, she was prescribed a medication that came in the form of three pink pills—lithium. In Mental, Lowe shares and investigates her story of episodic madness, as well as the stability she found while on lithium. She interviews scientists, psychiatrists, and patients to examine how effective lithium really is and how its side effects can be dangerous for long-term users—including Lowe, who after twenty years on the medication suffers from severe kidney damage. Mental is eye-opening and powerful, tackling an illness and drug that has touched millions of lives and yet remains shrouded in social stigma. Now, while she adjusts to a new drug, her pursuit of a stable life continues as does her curiosity about the history and science of the mysterious element that shaped the way she sees the world and allowed her decades of sanity. Lowe travels to the Bolivian salt flats that hold more than half of the world’s lithium reserves, rural America where lithium is mined for batteries, and tolithium spas that are still touted as a tonic to cure all ills. With unflinching honesty and humor, Lowe allows a clear-eyed view into her life, and an arresting inquiry into one of mankind’s oldest medical mysteries.
Download or read book Electroboy written by Andy Behrman and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2003 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes his longtime battle with ills of manic depression, his desperate search for the ultimate high, the art-forgery scandal that confined him to jail and to house arrest, and his decision to opt for the controversial treatment of electroconvulsive therapy to preserve his sanity. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
