The Depression and Bipolar Workbook - by Chris Aiken (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

30 techniques to change the body and the brain in ways that medications can't!

The innovative and drug-free practices in this workbook guide you step-by-step to stabilize mood, improve sleep, find focus, and manage repetitive worries and rumination.

Written for therapists and clients alike, learn how to recognize unique symptoms of depression and bipolar and match them with the latest advances in CBT, light and dark therapy, diet and sleep techniques, and strategies to fix out-of-sync biological clocks. This is the mood-disorder aid clients have been waiting for.

Treat depression and bipolar disorder with an antidepressant lifestyle:

• Strategies to feel energized, lift mood and stay focused
• A sleep plan that doubles the effects of antidepressants
• Mood stabilizing interventions for morning, day and night
• Advanced treatment planning for insomnia
• Reproducible handouts, worksheets and charts

About the Author

Chris Aiken is a psychiatrist whose writing focuses on natural therapies for mood disorders. He emphasizes treatments that improve the long-term health of the brain through neuroprotection, and contributed a chapter to the first textbook on that subject.

Dr. Aiken hosts a podcast (The Pocket Psychiatrist) and website for the general public (Psycheducation.org). He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report and the Mood Disorders Section Chief for Psychiatric Times. He teaches at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and is active in research on mood disorders.

Dr. Aiken's interest in mood disorders came from experience with close friends who suffered from depression. He began his career as a research assistant at the National Institute of Mental Health and went on to complete medical school at Yale and residency at Cornell and Duke Medical Centers.