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Summary: manic-depressive illness
Review: This book is excellent, humane, insightful and scholarly. It is still the standard work but we desperately want the next edition. More on children and adolescents, alcohol and drug abuse, treatment resistance and co-morbidity.
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Summary: The Manic-Depressive Bible, Maybe
Review: This is a clinical, scholarly, encyclopedic review of all aspects of manic depressive disorder (MD). It is coauthored by famed author, MD sufferer, and psychiatrist Kay Redfied Jamison, more widely known for her "An Unquiet Mind" and "Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Sentiment".As a MD sufferer I found information of great intrest to me: genetics of MD, recidivism rates, age of onset, and other information not readily found elsewhere. Not every person with MD will want to research the clinical aspects of their own illness, but if you do this is one of the few places to find indepth information on MD.
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Summary: The Manic-Depressive Bible, Maybe
Review: This is a great book, but I'm only giving it four stars because it's pretty old (1990) and I've heard that a newer edition will be coming out soon. As far as I know, this book is the most comprehensive compilation of information about manic depression. In fact, I don't think there's another book at all like it. A note of caution: it is somewhat technical, as it reviews the scientific literature on the illness. Nonetheless, the general reader will still probably be able to understand most of it. Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".
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Summary: The standard text for manic-depressive illness
Review: This is a great book, but I'm only giving it four stars because it's pretty old (1990) and I've heard that a newer edition will be coming out soon. As far as I know, this book is the most comprehensive compilation of information about manic depression. In fact, I don't think there's another book at all like it. A note of caution: it is somewhat technical, as it reviews the scientific literature on the illness. Nonetheless, the general reader will still probably be able to understand most of it. Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".
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Summary: The standard medical textbook on Manic-Depressive Illness
Review: This is an invaluable resource for anyone with
Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness) or
anyone who loves them. Though targeted at medical professionals, most of the information
presented is well within the grasp of an intelligent
and motivated layperson. I'm not a doctor of any
sort, but I *do* have Bipolar Disorder, and take
an active interest and role in my own health-care...
this is a terrific book, and it summarizes what is
known about the causes, treatment, and management
of this disorder as of about 1990. (Hopefully,
there will be an update soon!)
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Summary: The standard medical textbook on Manic-Depressive Illness
Review: This is an invaluable resource for anyone withBipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness) oranyone who loves them. Though targeted at medical professionals, most of the information presented is well within the grasp of an intelligent and motivated layperson. I'm not a doctor of any sort, but I *do* have Bipolar Disorder, and take an active interest and role in my own health-care... this is a terrific book, and it summarizes what is known about the causes, treatment, and management of this disorder as of about 1990. (Hopefully, there will be an update soon!)
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Summary: Out of Date Classic
Review: This is THE classic text about manic-depressive illness. However, I would not recommend buying it, as it is 10 years old and much has happened in our understanding of the illness in the past decade. Save money; borrow it from the library. Instead, I recommend Dr. Francis Mondimore's "Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families", which is up-to-date, thorough, full of practical advice, and written for laypeople; and any of Kay Redfield Jamison's books, especially "An Unquiet Mind." I have bipolar II and both family members and I have found Dr. Mondimore's book to be VERY helpful.
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