Main description:

*The definitive clinical guide to the complexities of this hard-to-treat disorder.
*Authoritative: combines the expertise of a renowned psychotherapist and psychopharmacologist to provide an integrated perspective that is often lacking.
*Thorough coverage of medications, including needed guidance on off-label uses.
*Complete: provides strategies for assessment, case formulation, individualized treatment, enhancing adherence, and working with families.
*Filled with cases and sample patient-clinician dialogues.

Contents:

1. An Integrated Approach to Bipolar Disorder
2. Bipolar Disorder: The Basics
3. The Intake Evaluation
4. Treatment of Acute Mania and Hypomania
5. Pharmacological Treatment of Bipolar Depression
6. Pharmacological Maintenance Treatment
7. Psychosocial Treatment for Recovery and Maintenance
8. Dealing with Medication Nonadherence
9. Bipolar Disorder, Pregnancy, and the Postpartum Period
10. Bipolar Disorder and Suicide
11. Strategic Interventions in Challenging Situations: Comorbidity and the Use of Split Treatment
Appendix A. Resources for Clinicians and Patients
Appendix B. Medication Names and Classes