Bipolar Ii Disorder. Modelling, Measuring and Managing

Description

The lifetime risk of developing bipolar II disorder is 5-7%, yet the condition is often poorly detected. Mood elevation states are less extreme than in bipolar I disorder although the depressive episodes are usually severe. When correctly treated, the outcome is positive, but bipolar II is often poorly managed, resulting in a high suicide rate. This is the only academic and clinical management review focusing entirely on bipolar II, scrutinizing history, epidemiology, burden and neurobiology and including an extensive clinical debate by international experts about effective management strategies. New chapters cover comorbidity, over-represented personality styles, illness 'trajectories' and distinguishing bipolar II from personality-based emotional dysregulation states. Evidence for different clinical management options is reviewed in detail, two clinical management models are presented and then debated. This book is essential reading for all health professionals managing mood disorders and informative to patients seeking information about their condition and treatment options.

Features

• Chapters feature two voices - academic reviews and clinical management advice from international experts giving two perspectives on the topic
• The only book solely focusing on bipolar II disorder and the clinical management of this seriously debilitating condition
• New chapters cover comorbidity and personality styles and distinguishing bipolar II disorder from other conditions with similar clinical features
• More clinical management models and management commentaries

Reviews

Advance praise:'This book not only helps clinicians navigate an uncharted area but also paves the road for further scholarly research of a disease with such a high burden of suffering … This stimulating and insightful book should be on the reading list of every clinician who cares for patients with mood disorders.'
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

'How do you write a book about a disorder that is ill defined and little researched? You could just outline the depth of ignorance and point out potentially useful paths but Parker has instead given readers the benefit of experience combined with what evidence is available … if you are looking for a book that gives you the way to understand and treat bipolar II then Dr Parker's regimen may well be what you are looking for.'
Psychological Medicine

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Bipolar disorder in historical perspective
   Edward Shorter
2. The bipolar spectrum
   James Phelps
3. Defining and measuring bipolar II disorder
   Gordon Parker
4. Bipolar II disorder in context: a review of epidemiology, disability and economic burden
   George Hadjipavlou, David J. Bond and Lakshmi N. Yatham
5. Comorbid conditions associated with bipolar II disorder
   Gordon Parker
6. Is bipolar II disorder increasing in prevalence?
   Gordon Parker
7. Personality styles associated with bipolar II disorder
   Kathryn Fletcher
8. Distinguishing bipolar II disorder from personality-based states of emotional dysregulation
   Joel Paris
9. The neurobiology of bipolar II disorder
   Emre Bora and Christos Pantellis
10. The role of antidepressants in managing bipolar II disorder
    Joseph Goldberg
11. Current status of mood stabilisers in the management of bipolar II disorder
    George Hadjipavlou, David J. Bond and Lakshmi Yatham
12. The use of atypical antipsychotic drugs in bipolar II disorder
    Eduard Vieta and Nuria Cruz
13. The role of fish oil in managing bipolar II disorder
    Anne-Marie Rees
14. Psychological interventions for bipolar II disorder
    Vijaya Manicavasagar and David Gilfillin
15. The role of wellbeing plans in managing bipolar II disorder
    Margo Orum
16. The trajectory of illness experienced by those with bipolar II disorder
    Tessa Cleradin
17. Clinical models for managing bipolar II disorder: model one
    Gordon Parker
18. Clinical models for managing bipolar II disorder: model two
    Terence Ketter and Po Wang
19. Management commentary 1
    Darryl Bassett
20. Management commentary 2
    Michael Berk
21. Management commentary 3
    Sophia Frangou
22. Management commentary 4
    Mark Frye
23. Management commentary 5
    S. Nassir Ghaemi
24. Management commentary 6
    Michael Gitlin and David Miklowitz
25. Management commentary 7
    Joseph Goldberg
26. Management commentary 8
    Guy Goodwin
27. Management commentary 9
    Andrew Nierenberg
28. Management commentary 10
    Robert Post
29. Management commentary 11
    Michael Thase
30. Management commentary 12
    Eduard Vieta
31. Management commentary 13
    Allan Young
32. Rounding up and tying down
    Gordon Parker
33. Index.