A Spectrum Approach to Mood Disorders: Not Fully Bipolar But Not Unipolar--Practical Management

by James Phelps

Book Overview

Though the DSM discusses the criteria for mood disorders in absolute terms--either present or absent--professionals are aware that while such dichotomies are useful for teaching, they are not always true in practice. Recent genetic data support clinicians' longstanding recognition that a continuum of mood disorders between unipolar and bipolar better matches reality than a yes/no, bipolar-or-not approach. If we acknowledge that continuum, how does...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393711463
• ISBN13: 9780393711462
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.4"