By Francis Mark Mondimore, MD

Bipolar disorder, or manic depression, is often difficult to diagnose, treat, and live with. This book offers advice on the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and causes of this potentially devastating psychiatric illness. Considers how bipolar disorder affects children, adolescents, women, and men, as well as how it is affected by alcoholism and drug abuse. Black and white illustrations. 312 pages. 1999.

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