The Bipolar Workbook: Tools for Controlling Your Mood Swings

Monica Ramírez Basco

Guilford Press, 2005 - Psychology - 253 pages

Mood swings may be a part of your life, but the struggle to control them doesn’t have to dominate it. Together with the right course of medication, The Bipolar Workbook can put you back in control. Dr. Monica Ramirez Basco has assembled a versatile toolkit of proven self-help strategies designed to help you recognize the early warning signs of relapse, resist the seductive pull of manic episodes, and escape the paralysis of depression. Whether you’re new to the diagnosis (and not quite sure it fits) or want to enhance your current treatment, this simple program puts you in charge. Easy-to-follow guidelines and worksheets help you identify problem areas and minimize their impact, including ways to:

 

*Reduce the recurrence and severity of your symptoms.

*Slow things down and get the sleep you need when mania strikes.

*Keep motivated and avoid procrastination when you’re depressed.

*Fine-tune medical treatments to maximize your gains.

*Rein in emotional reactions.

*Stay focused and achieve your goals.

 

Since every individual’s experience with bipolar disorder is unique, Dr. Basco encourages you to customize a plan that suits your needs. So take charge and make a better life.

What people are saying

Review: The Bipolar Workbook: Tools for Controlling Your Mood Swings

User Review  - Royale - Goodreads

A very useful resource for those with Bi-polar and their families. Well-written, logical layout, easy to understand with very helpful exercises and strategies. Mine is marked up and highlighted ...

Review: The Bipolar Workbook: Tools for Controlling Your Mood Swings

User Review  - Lisa - Goodreads

I use this one as a work resource, and it's become my go-to for all BP patient tools. Well organized, with good exercises, especially for trigger identification. Maybe the best patient resource in the category.

Contents

• Take Precautions: 79
• Reduce Your Symptoms: 151
• chapter eleven Making Changes for the Better: 229
• Resources: 243
• About the Author: 253

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Page 253 - Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.‎

About the author

Monica Ramirez Basco, PhD, is an internationally recognized expert in cognitive-behavioral therapy, a clinical psychologist in private practice, and a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She is on the Psychology faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington, with a secondary appointment in Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Her books include bestsellers Never Good Enough and The Bipolar Workbook.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Bipolar Workbook: Tools for Controlling Your Mood Swings
• Author: Monica Ramírez Basco
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Guilford Press, 2005
• ISBN: 1593851626, 9781593851620
• Length: 253 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Mental Health; Self-Help / Mood Disorders