Dwight L. Evans Knihy

The authoritative guide to understanding and helping a teenager with depression. While coping with teenage moodiness can be difficult under any circumstances, it can be especially challenging if a teenager has a serious mood disorder. This concise, readable book is the definitive guide to understanding and getting effective help for adolescents with depression, designed for parents and other adults in contact with afflicted teens. It combines the most current scientific expertise available today--including the newest treatments and medications and the latest research findings on depression--with no-nonsense, hands-on advice from parents who have faced this mood disorder in their own children. Among other topics, the book addresses the roots of depression, red flags to look out for, treatment options for young people, and practical strategies for helping a teen cope at home and at school. It concludes on a hopeful note, by reviewing the latest scientific evidence on treating depression. A growing body of research now shows that early diagnosis and treatment of depression may reduce the severity of the disease, both now and in the future. Including chapters on sex, drugs, and social media, and life after high school, this book will provide the information and tools parents need to help adolescents achieve the best possible outcome.

The authoritative guide to understanding and helping a teenager with bipolar disorder. While coping with teenage moodiness can be difficult under any circumstances, it can be especially challenging if a teenager has a serious mood disorder. This concise, readable book is the definitive guide to understanding and getting effective help for adolescents with bipolar disorder, designed for parents and other adults in contact with afflicted teens. It combines the most current scientific expertise available today--including the newest treatments and medications and the latest research findings on bipolar disorder--with no-nonsense, hands-on advice from parents who have faced this mood disorder in their own children. Among other topics, the book addresses the roots of bipolar disorder, red flags to look out for, treatment options for young people, and practical strategies for helping a teen cope at home and at school. It concludes on a hopeful note, by reviewing the latest scientific evidence on treating this mood disorder. A growing body of research now shows that early diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder may reduce the severity of the disease, both now and in the future. Including chapters on sex, drugs, and social media, and life after high school, this book will provide the information and tools parents need to help adolescents achieve the best possible outcome.

Von der Diagnostik zu Therapie und Patientenmanagement – ein einzigartiger Ratgeber für Ärzte zu Depression und bipolaren Störungen Der „Evans“, eines der wegweisenden amerikanischen Praxishandbücher für affektive Störungen im Kontext so unterschiedlicher chronischer somatischer Erkrankungen wie beispielsweise Diabetes, Osteoporose oder Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen, erscheint 2007 erstmals in deutscher Sprache. Die Kombination aus praktischen Informationen zur Langzeitbehandlung affektiver Störungen und somatischer Begleiterkrankungen sowie zur Rezidivprävention stellt eine sofort umsetzbare Bereicherung bei der Patientenversorgung dar. Der Ratgeber geht anschaulich und leicht verständlich darauf ein, wie Diagnostik, Behandlung und Verlauf bestimmter somatischer Erkrankungen durch affektive Störungen beeinflusst werden. Er liefert ein klinisch exaktes Verfahren, um die Symptome schnell und korrekt den jeweiligen Erkrankungen zuzuordnen. Zur Therapie fasst er den aktuellen Wissensstand zu psychotropen Substanzen zusammen und gibt verbindliche Anweisungen zum Einsatz dieser Antidepressiva und Stimmungsstabilisatoren bei der jeweiligen Erkrankung, einschließlich Dosisleitlinien. Ein dreiköpfiges Herausgebergremium namhafter deutschsprachiger Psychiater garantiert die Anpassung des internationalen Wissens an die Gegebenheiten der deutschsprachigen Länder.