Bipolar disorder a guide for patients and families

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ISBN: 9780801889295 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0801889294 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xi, 290 p.) : ill.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-284) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	pt. I. Symptoms, syndromes, and diagnosis -- 1. Normal and abnormal mood -- Abnormal mood -- The manic syndrome -- The hypomanic syndrome -- The syndrome of depression -- Mixed states -- 2. The diagnosis of bipolar disorder -- Psychiatric diagnosis -- Bipolar I -- Bipolar II -- Cyclothymic disorder -- Bipolar spectrum disorders -- Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder -- Schizoaffective disorder -- 3. A summary of the diagnostic categories of bipolar disorder in DSM IV -- What is the DSM? -- A "multiaxial" diagnostic system -- Bipolar categories in DSM IV -- 4. The mood disease -- Before "bipolar" -- Dr. Kraepelin and "manic-depressive insanity" -- Dr. Cade and lithium.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.