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Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder
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Product Description Tried everything but still not feeling better? If your depression keeps coming back or is even getting worse, then you may be suffering from bipolar II or “soft” bipolar disorder. Commonly misdiagnosed, these mood disorders are characterized by recurring bouts of depression along with anxiety, irritability, mood swings, sleep problems, or intrusive thoughts. Why Am I Still Depressed? shows you how to identify if you have a nonmanic form of bipolar disorder and how to work with your doctor to safely and effectively treat it. Author James R. Phelps, M.D., gives you the latest tools and knowledge so you can: Understand the Mood Spectrum, a powerful new tool for diagnosis Know all your treatment options, including mood-stabilizing medications and research-tested psychotherapies Examine the potential hazards of taking antidepressant medications Manage your condition with exercise and lifestyle changes Help family and friends with this condition understand their diagnosis and find treatment From the Publisher James R. Phelps, M.D., has been practicing psychiatry for more than fifteen years and specializes in treating bipolar disorder. He speaks on bipolar disorder throughout the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Phelps has authored journal articles for American Journal of Medicine, Academic Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, and Academic Medicine. For more information visit his website PsychEducation.org. From the Back Cover Tried everything but still not feeling better? If your depression keeps coming back or is even getting worse, then you may be suffering from bipolar II or "soft" bipolar disorder. Commonly misdiagnosed, these mood disorders are characterized by recurring bouts of depression along with anxiety, irritability, mood swings, sleep problems, or intrusive thoughts. Why Am I Still Depressed? shows you how to identify if you have a nonmanic form of bipolar disorder and how to work with your doctor to safely and effectively treat it. Author James R. Phelps, M.D., gives you the latest tools and knowledge so you can: Understand the Mood Spectrum, a powerful new tool for diagnosis Know all your treatment options, including mood-stabilizing medications and research-tested psychotherapies Examine the potential hazards of taking antidepressant medications Manage your condition with exercise and lifestyle changes Help family and friends with this condition understand their diagnosis and find treatment About the Author James R. Phelps, M.D., has been practicing psychiatry for more than fifteen years and specializes in treating bipolar disorder. He speaks on bipolar disorder throughout the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Phelps has authored journal articles for American Journal of Medicine, Academic Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, and Academic Medicine. For more information visit his website PsychEducation.org. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Why am I still depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar DisorderBy Jim Phelps McGraw-HillCopyright © 2006 James R. Phelps, M.D. All right reserved. ISBN: 978-0-07-146237-2 Contents Chapter One Understanding the Mood Spectrum and How It Can Help You Most mood experts agree that many people have symptoms that represent more than depression, but less than bipolar disorder. But the official rule book of psychiatric diagnosis, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has no place for these folks. So a new system has been growing alongside the DSM approach. Actually, this "new" system is quite old; it just seems new because of how we doctors have been doing diagnosis for the last fifty years. In this emerging way of thinking, diagnoses like depression and bipolar disorder are seen as the ends of a spectrum (as seen in Figure 1.1), and people can be found all along this continuum. As you can see, at one end is unipolar depression (which the DSM calls Major Depression), and
