In this powerful memoir Susan Ralphe employs sharp storytelling skills honed over a long newspaper-reporting career to tell her own story of long-term, heart-wrenching bipolar madness. She recounts soaring accomplishments alternating with black periods of tenseness, brain freeze…
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The author pieces together the story of her absent father's life, beginning with his advancements in isolating the biochemical root of manic depression, which he then began to suffer from himself, leading to years of institutionalization and confinement.
« Comment vit-on l'apparition, chez un proche, d'un comportement inquiétant ? Chaque récit de cette collection est le journal de bord d'un ado dont la famille, un beau jour, cesse d'être "comme les autres". Il est suivi de l'interview d'un spécialiste [ici, Dr. Jean-Pierre Guich…
"The Neurobiology of Bipolar Disorder: Road to Novel Therapeutics combines the basic neurobiology of bipolar disorder with discussions of the most recent advances in research, including the interacting pathways implicated in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder, genetic appro…
"Though the DSM discusses the criteria for mood disorders in absolute terms--either present or absent--professionals are aware that while such dichotomies are useful for teaching, they are not always true in practice. Recent genetic data support clinicians' longstanding recognit…
"Though the DSM discusses the criteria for mood disorders in absolute terms--either present or absent--professionals are aware that while such dichotomies are useful for teaching, they are not always true in practice. Recent genetic data support clinicians' longstanding recognit…
Kritische beschouwing door de Britse psychoanalyticus van het steeds groter aantal gevallen waarin manische depressiviteit oftewel bipolaire stoornis wordt vastgesteld.
"If the post-war period was called the 'Age of Anxiety' and the 1980s and '90s the 'Antidepressant Era', we now live in Bipolar times. Mood-stabilising medication is routinely prescribed to adults and children alike, with child prescriptions this decade increasing by 400 per cen…