Family Experiences of Bipolar Disorder

The Ups, The Downs and the Bits In Between

Cara Aiken
Foreword by Professor Anne Farmer

Paperback: £12.99 / $18.95

2010, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-935-8, BIC 2: VFJB VFV MBPK

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Foreword. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Introducing Bipolar Disorder. Managing Bipolar Disorder. Professor Nick Craddock, Cardiff University Psychiatry Service, UK. Bipolar Disorder and Childbirth. Dr. Ian Jones, Cardiff University, UK. 2. Living with Bipolar Disorder. 3. Parenting with Bipolar Disorder. The Effects of Parental Bipolar Disorder on Children and Families. Dr Quentin Spender, Chichester Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, UK. 4. Growing up with a Bipolar Parent. 5. Adult Relationships and Bipolar Disorder. 6. Bipolar Disorder and Society. 7. Conclusion. Further Reading. References.

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Author information

• Cara Aiken

Subject areas

• Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
• Parenting
• Health, Social Work and Social Care
• Psychiatry and Psychology

Keywords

• adolescence,
• adults,
• anxiety,
• autobiography,
• bipolar disorder,
• child development,
• children,
• counselling,
• depression,
• divorce,
• emotions,
• employment,
• families,
• health care,
• memoirs,
• mental health,
• mental illness,
• nursing,
• parenting,
• psychiatry,
• psychology,
• psychosis,
• relationships,
• social care,
• social work,
• teenagers,
• trauma

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