Calming the Bipolar Storm describes the symptoms and subtypes of bipolar disorder, its causes, and the role of the social and biologic environment in affecting its course. It also emphasizes positive health-promoting behaviors and describes treatments, including psychotherapy and medications for mania and depression and for relapse prevention. Fawcett navigates the latitudes of bipolar disorder with ease and clarity, providing informative insights to the nature of the turbulence that individuals and their friends and families experience on a daily basis. Touching on all stages of life and rendering the treatment options available, he anchors us in a practical approach to the illness that is balanced and sound. It is also an excellent primer for trainees, and a must-read for medical health care providers and others who interact with people who have lived experience with bipolar. — Melvin McInnis, MD, FRCPsych, professor of psychiatry, University of Michigan This is truly a remarkable book that is both a valuable contribution to the field of psychiatry and a godsend for families of patients with bipolar disorder. I give this book my unconditional and unequivocal recommendation. — Michael I. Casher, MD, clinical associate emeritus professor of psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, psychiatric consultant. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, psychiatric medical director, Blue Care Network A book like this has long been needed. While it is geared toward patients and their families, I cannot imagine any mental health professional not learning from it. In addition to his encyclopedic knowledge of medications, Fawcett examines numerous other treatment modalities and—given their breadth—does so in a surprisingly thorough manner. — Charles H. Lapo II, MD, JD, Laughlin Scholar, medical director, North Country Community Mental Health Robert G. Fawcett, MD, is president of Little Traverse Psychiatric Associates, P. C. He has lived in Petoskey, Michigan, for more than forty years, practicing psychiatry, and at various times acting as medical director of an inpatient psychiatric unit, teaching medical students as an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry in the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and serving as president of the Northern Michigan Medical Society. |