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SCOPE: Manic depression or bipolar disorder is a major mood disorder characterized by episodes of manic or hypomanic episodes that often alternate with major depressive episodes and normal moods. Daily functioning and judgment abilities are often impaired. (Nevid, Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World)

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with manic depression are listed in the Baddour Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

Manic-depressive psychoses

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF RC 455.2.C4 D536 2000 DSMIV-TR

REF BF 31.E52 2000 Encyclopedia of Psychology

REF RC 537.R63 2001 The Encyclopedia of Depression

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

Akiskal, Hagop S. Bipolarity: Beyond Classic Mania. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders, 1999 (Psychiatric Clinics of North America).

Barondes, Samuel H. Mood Genes: Hunting for the Origins of Mania and Depression. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1998.

Brown, E. Sherwood. Bipolar Disorder. Philadelphia : Saunders, c2005 (Psychiatric Clinics of North America).

Goodwin, Frederick K. Manic-Depressive Illness. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Jamison, Kay. Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament. New York: Free Press, 1993.

Torrey, E. Fuller. Schizophrenia and Manic-Depressive Disorder: The Biological Roots of Mental Illness as Revealed by the Landmark Study of Identical Twins. New York: Basic Books, 1994.

Winokur, George. The Natural History of Mania, Depression, and Schizophrenia. Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Press, 1996.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

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VIDEOS

RC 454.W67 The World of Abnormal Psychology

Updated 02/08/2007