Bipolar Disorder

Stephen M. Strakowski, MD, is Acting Senior Associate Dean for Research, and Associate Vice President, Regional Mental Health and Founding Chair and Professor of Psychiatry at Dell Medical School, University of Texas. Previously, he spent 24 years at the University of Cincinnati, serving most recently as Senior Vice President of Strategy in the health system. He is an internationally recognized expert in the management of bipolar disorders, as a Best Doctor® and by US News and World Report® as a Top 1% Psychiatrist. His research focuses on the brain changes that occur at the onset of bipolar disorder.David E. Fleck, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati (UC) where he serves as Director of the Neuropsychology Section of the Division of Bipolar Disorders Research and as a member of the Neuroscience Graduate Program faculty. He also serves as Program Evaluator for the Trauma Recovery Center at the Cincinnati VeteransAdministration Medical Center. Dr. Fleck is a respected clinical and translational mood disorders researcher in neuropsychology, MRI, and outcomes research. Caleb Alder, MD, is a board certified psychiatrist with clinical privileges at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. A professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Dr. Adler is the vice-chair for clinical research and co-directs the Division of Bipolar Disorders Research. Dr. Alder's research focuses on the treatment for, and the neuropathophysiology of, bipolar and related disorders.Melissa DelBello, MD, MS, is a nationally recognized expert on child and adolescent mood disorders. She has lectured and published extensively on bipolar disorder and served as principal or co-investigator of several NIH grants. She has served as professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati since 2014.

This book is an easy-to-read overview of bipolar disorder, appropriate for the population for which it is intended. It provides a good review of current literature in this area ... [and is] a good read for residents and young psychiatrists just starting clinical practice.

• Introduction and Overview Section 1: Clinical Presentation & Epidemiology of Bipolar Disorder 1. Clinical presentation: Bipolar disorder in DSM5, ICD10 and beyond2. Course of bipolar illness 3. Epidemiology4. Making a diagnosis: Differentiating bipolar disorder from other similar conditions5. Comorbidity of bipolar and substance use disorders6. Comorbidity of bipolar and other psychiatric disorders 7. Comorbidity of bipolar and medical disorders Section 2: The Etiology and Neurobiology of Bipolar Disorder 8. The neurobiology of bipolar disorder: Clues from neuroimaging9. The neurobiology of bipolar disorder: Neurotransmitter and other models10. Cognitive models of bipolar disorder11. Genetics of bipolar disorder Section 3: Treating Bipolar Disorder 12. Psychopharmacologic treatments for bipolar disorder13. Behavioral and psychotherapeutic treatments for bipolar disorder 14. Integrative medicine and lifestyle management in the treatment of bipolar disorder15. Assessment tools16. A programmatic approach to treatment 17. Psychopharmacologic treatments for bipolar disorder18. Behavioral and psychotherapeutic treatments for bipolar disorder 19. Integrative medicine and lifestyle management in the treatment of bipolar disorder20. Assessment tools 21. A programmatic approach to treatment