Bipolar Teen: What You Can Do to Help Your Child and Your Family
Author: David J Miklowitz
If your teen has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder-or your child's moods seem out of control-Dr. David Miklowitz can help. The bestselling author of The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide has tailored his proven treatment approach to meet the specific needs of teens and their families. The Bipolar Teen provides tools you can use to make home life manageable again. You'll learn to spot the differences between normal teenage behavior and the telltale symptoms of mania and depression. Together with your child's doctors, you'll be able to strike a healthy balance between medication and psychotherapy, recognize and respond to the early warning signs of an oncoming episode, and collaborate effectively with school personnel. Like no other resource available, this powerful book delivers practical ways to manage chaos and relieve stress so everyone in your family-including siblings-can find stability, support, and peace of mind.
About the Author:
David J. Miklowitz, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Colorado, Boulder
About the Author:
Elizabeth L. George, PhD, is coinvestigator with Dr. Miklowitz on the Colorado Family Project
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Reviewer:Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CA(College of Lake County)
Description:This is a reference tool and instructional guide for families with bipolar teens. It provides the necessary knowledge for families on such topics as diagnosis, treatment, and prevention in an easy to read, easy to understand format. Most importantly, the book provides realistic expectations, not meaningless banter.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide understanding, awareness, and a tremendous amount of knowledge for families of bipolar teens. The book emphasizes family-focused treatment as well as a combination of medication and psychotherapy. The authors advocate a combination of treatments to meet the needs of the bipolar teen. The book provides a realistic view of the disorder with the ups and downs associated with it, while highlighting the strengths of the teenager, which can provide needed optimism.
Audience:Families with bipolar children and adolescents will find comfort and substantial benefit from this book. Additionally, this is a worthwhile and important read for any child and adolescent psychiatrist and psychologist to integrate into their treatment plans. Both authors are experienced members of the field, and their latest work further supports their expertise.
Features:The highlight of the book is its no-nonsense approach to the disorder. It is realistically optimistic, unbiased, and supportive. Of the four solid chapters on understanding bipolar disorder, two, covering how to obtain an accurate diagnosis and what the family can expect, are essential reading. A frank discussion on psychopharmacology and psychotherapy helps guide andeducate the family on available treatment options, but the most valuable chapters are the ones dealing with prevention and maintenance.
Assessment:This is the only book on adolescent bipolar disorder that truly offers realistic expectations, meaningful treatment options, and clearly provides families with invaluable knowledge on their child's illness. One of the best books of the year!
Table of Contents:
Preface ixUnderstanding Bipolar Disorder in Teens
"What's Happening to My Teenager?" 3
A Close Look at the Symptoms 21
Getting an Accurate Diagnosis 43
Living with Bipolar Disorder: What Your Family Can Expect 79
Treating Adolescent Bipolar Disorder
"How Did My Teenager Get This Illness?" 109
Medications for Bipolar Disorder in Teens 125
How Psychotherapy Can Help Your Teenager and Your Family 150
Helping Your Teen Accept Ongoing Medication Treatment 172
Helping Your Teen Stay Well
Family Management and Coping 197
Tools and Tactics for Preventing Mood Episodes 215
What to Do When Mania Begins 237
How to Handle Depression 260
Dealing with Suicidal Thinking and Behavior 281
Tackling the School Environment 302
Resources 327
Bibliography 335
Index 349
About the Authors 356
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The Wall Street Diet: The Surprisingly Simple Weight Loss Plan for People Who Don't Have Time to Diet
Author: Heather Bauer
The Wall Street Diet helps readers lose weight, keep it off, and still keep up with their busy lives.
Heather Bauer knows there aren't enough hours in the day for you to focus on the details of a complicated weight loss plan. A registered dietitian with a thriving practice in New York City, her clients have high-pressure jobs in high-profile fields: CEOs, Wall Street brokers, producers, doctors, lawyers, editors-fast-track workers at every level. These time-starved professionals don't have time to count calories or weigh food, but with Bauer's breakthrough weight loss plan they've been able to shed their extra pounds and enjoy a healthy new lifestyle.
The Wall Street Diet provides a framework of simple but powerful strategies that will keep you on track, all the time. The first diet to address real-life obstacles, it gives specific, proactive ways to gain control over situations that can spell diet disaster. And because The Wall Street Diet understands that the real secret to losing unwanted pounds is making sound decisions every day about what you love to eat, it will become a seamless part of your lifestyle, not an add-on project to your already full schedule.
Is "weight loss" on your to-do list?
The Wall Street Diet will show you how to:
* Master the ins and outs of eating out.
* Discover the art of strategic snacking.
* Trim the fat from your business trips.
* Overcome jet lag-induced overeating.
* Avoid tempting hotel food.
* Be a savvy eater in any situation.
It's your own personal business plan for diet success.
Publishers Weekly
Bauer, a dietician, directs her flexible plan at people who would never go for prepackaged meals or calorie counting. Her clientele are workaholics who grab meals on the go, do business over expense-account lunches and are frequently confronted by unhealthy treats in the conference room or at office parties. Bauer claims her approach "makes losing weight a seamless part of the corporate lifestyle rather than an add-on project to an already full schedule." First, readers are asked to decide if they are a "Clean Plate Clubber" or a "Controlled Eater," as this will help determine the course of their diet in regards to snacking, purchasing food and meal portions. Next, they are allowed to choose a few "non-negotiables," i.e., the things they feel they cannot live without. Once these guidelines are intact, Bauer offers strategies for dealing with the food choices most working people confront daily (for ordering in with co-workers, take note of the healthy menu options beforehand, and don't succumb to dishes like "General Tso's Chicken). Though Bauer's "diet" consists of nothing earth-shattering (avoid flour and refined sugar, control portion sizes, etc.), the specificity of the situations and solutions presented should appeal to its target audience. (Apr.)
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