Sad Love Stories A Study in Manic-Depressive Illness

Sad Love Stories: A Study in Manic-Depressive Illness is finally a medically substantive book on manic depression (bipolar disorder) that readers without an M.D. can understand. An excellent analysis of severe mood swings, this study explains the critical role of the endocrine system & the best strategies for managing the biochemistry in affective illness. A practical, highly informative guide for bipolar individuals, their families & support groups. In his foreword to the book, psychiatrist Curt Cunningham writes, "Sad Love Stories displays a special depth which flows naturally from the writer's background. John Young had his first serious attack of bipolar disease at fifteen, his second at eighteen & has lived with this illness for forty years. In addition to his own long history with the ailment, Young has witnessed the illness in three immediate family members: his mother & two older siblings suffered the havoc of manic depression as well." Carefully researched, Sad Love Stories is based on the seminal scientific & professional studies & provides a readable account of what this disease actually is & the best treatments for it. Although the book recognizes the vital role of pharmocology, it insists treatment must be pluralistic. Any therapy that will reduce stress is valuable: talk, nutrition, exercise, meditation, even therapeutic baths. To beat this disease you do many things, you do them consistently & you take personal responsibility.Young, John T. is the author of 'Sad Love Stories A Study in Manic-Depressive Illness' with ISBN 9780967420127 and ISBN 0967420121.