Bipolar affective disorder

The publication will serve especially those who are missing on our market a Czech written, professional, modern and comprehensive publication on bipolar affective disorder, which is also known to the general public under the older name of manic-depressive disorder. The reader will get a thorough overview of one of the most inscrutable mental illnesses. The publication is intended primarily for physicians, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, medical students and professionals in the humanities. It deals in detail with variants of clinical pictures, diagnostic methods and their pitfalls, acute and long-term treatment, side effects of drugs and possibilities of psychotherapy. It also focuses on the concomitant phenomena of the disease, such as substance abuse, high suicidality or difficulties in partner relationships and professional life. Separate chapters are devoted to adolescents, pregnant and lactating women, the physically ill and elderly patients. The book incorporates the author's research findings and experience in clinical practice.