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      The Bipolar Spectrum
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      The Bipolar Spectrum

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      Diagnosis or Fad?

      The Bipolar Spectrum

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      The Bipolar Spectrum book

      Diagnosis or Fad?
      ByJoel Paris
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2012
      eBook Published 8 March 2012
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203121061
      Pages 120
      eBook ISBN 9780203121061
      Subjects Behavioral Sciences
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      Paris, J. (2012). The Bipolar Spectrum: Diagnosis or Fad? (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203121061

      ABSTRACT

      In the 1970s, author Joel Paris was one of the first doctors in his hospital to prescribe lithium to a psychiatric patient. In the wake of the drug’s success, both in that case and countless others, why this book? As Dr. Paris’ historical examination of bipolar diagnosis and critique of the spectrum demonstrates, medicine has often been prone to fads that are assumed correct until proven wrong by science. This book opens discussion about the overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder and the negative impact of this development on clinical care. Dr. Paris explores why patients are being classified as bipolar on dubious grounds and are being prescribed drugs they do not need. He explains the differences between bipolar disorder and depression without mania, personality disorders characterized by unstable mood, and impulsive disorders. A separate chapter discusses the unique issues present in the field of child psychiatry. Fads remain popular as long as they answer elusive and complex questions. Unfortunately, the bipolar spectrum being used to explain a wide variety of psychopathological phenomena has caused classic bipolar disorder to become almost lost in the shuffle. Combining research findings and personal experiences, Dr. Paris documents the damage of overdiagnosis and explores alternative treatments patients could benefit from.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |7 pages

      Introduction

      part |35 pages

      Concepts

      chapter |12 pages

      The Bipolar Diagnosis

      chapter |13 pages

      “Diagnostic Creep” in the Bipolar Spectrum

      chapter |7 pages

      Affective Instability

      part |27 pages

      Disorders

      chapter |9 pages

      Differential Diagnosis of Unstable Mood

      chapter |8 pages

      Bipolarity and Personality Disorders

      chapter |7 pages

      Bipolarity and Childhood Behavioral Disorders

      part |18 pages

      Implications

      chapter |9 pages

      How Psychiatric Fads Develop

      chapter |6 pages

      The Impact of Overdiagnosis

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