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Bi-polar, Not So Much : Understanding Your Mood Swings and Depression by Chris Aiken, MD, and James Phelps, MD is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Approaching depression as a complex disorder with many different facets rather than all-or-nothing. Depression confuses the mind, strips away hope, and causes people to blame themselves for an illness they never asked for. This book presents a revolutionary new understanding of the concept of depression and offers readers skills and strategies to manage it.   No longer is this a one-size-fits-all diagnosis, and antidepressants are no longer the one-size-fits-all treatment. Mood disorders are now seen to form a spectrum of problems, from common depression on one end to full bipolar disorder on the other. In between these extremes are multitudes of people who are on the middle of the mood spectrum, and this book is for them. The first part of the book helps readers answer the question, “Where am I on the mood spectrum?” By laying the foundation for understanding this spectrum, Aiken and Phelps highlight the key distinctions that define unipolarity, bipolarity, hypomania, mania, and depression. Readers will be able to discern which definition best fits their experience, and use this understanding to learn which treatment methods will work best.   The authors also empower readers to lo

Who reads Bi-polar, Not So Much : Understanding Your Mood Swings and Depression?

Author

Chris Aiken, MD, and James Phelps, MD

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393711752

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Medicine

Rating

4.06 / 5 (32 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14