Bipolar II Disorder

Modelling, Measuring and Managing

Gordon Parker

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781107600898
• eBook ISBN:
  9781139416023
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Psychiatry & Mental Health

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Bipolar II Disorder: Modelling, Measuring and Managing: Second Edition
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Contributors
• Introduction to the second edition
• 1 Bipolar disorder in historical perspective
• 2 The bipolar spectrum
• 3 Defining and measuring Bipolar II disorder
• 4 Bipolar II disorder in context: a review of epidemiology, disability and economic burden
• 5 Comorbid conditions associated with Bipolar II disorder
• 6 Is Bipolar II disorder increasing in prevalence?
• 7 Personality styles associated with Bipolar II disorder
• 8 Distinguishing Bipolar II disorder from personality-based states of emotional dysregulation
• 9 The neurobiology of Bipolar II disorder
• 10 The role of antidepressants in managing Bipolar II disorder
• 11 Current status of mood stabilisers in the management of Bipolar II disorder
• 12 The use of atypical antipsychotic drugs in Bipolar II disorder
• 13 The role of fish oil in managing Bipolar II disorder
• 14 Psychological interventions for Bipolar II disorder
• 15 The role of well-being plans in managing Bipolar II disorder
• 16 The trajectory of illness experienced by those with Bipolar II disorder
• 17 Clinical models for managing Bipolar II disorder: model 1
• 18 Clinical models for managing Bipolar II disorder: model 2
• 19 Management commentary
• 20 Management commentary
• 21 Management commentary
• 22 Management commentary
• 23 Management commentary
• 24 Management commentary
• 25 Management commentary
• 26 Management commentary
• 27 Management commentary
• 28 Management commentary
• 29 Management commentary
• 30 Management commentary
• 31 Management commentary: A future history of Bipolar II disorder
• 32 Rounding up and tying down
• Index