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BEAT DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR DISORDER

1. My Life With Bipolar Disorder

2. So, You Did It

3. There is Hope

4. Purpose of this Book

5. What is Depression

   • Where Did The Depression Come From?

   • A Definition Of Depression

6. Unipolar Depression

   • Variations in the intensity of a unipolar depression

   • Manifestations of unipolar depression

   • The term "Unipolar depression"

   • The term "normal population"

   • The term "Kilometres per hour"

   • The Zung Scale (SDS)

7. Terms and Descriptions

   • Dysthymia

   • Light to moderate depression

   • Delivered Depression

   • Severe Depression

   • Extreme Depression

8. Chemical Processes in Depression

   • A simple explanation of Depression

   • Chemical Processes in Depression

9. What does the medication do to change the Chemical imbalance

10. The Treatment of Depression

    • Treatment should be done in a specific order

    • Other factors that also plays a role

11. Bipolar Disorder

    • Description of a bipolar disorder

    • Bipolar disorder have different phases

    • Superior Stage

    • Hippo-Manic Stage

    • Manic Stage

    • Complete Bipolar Disorder

12. The difference between Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder

    • The difference between unipolar depression and the depressive phase of bipolar disorder

    • Indications and warnings that unipolar depression may change into a bipolar disorder 

    • How these terms are scientifically defined

    • The long-term treatment of bipolar disorder can be a problem

    • Possible confusion between bipolar disorder and unipolar depression

13. Antidepressants

    • SSRI's

    • SNRI's

    • SDRI's

    • Tri-cyclic Antidepressants

    • MAOI's

14. How long should the medication be used

    • The goal of treatment

    • Guidelines for treatment

    • Lifelong medication and unipolar major-depression

    • Confusion due to different symptoms

15. Attitude Change

    • Attitude Change about the disease

    • Attitude Change about the treatment

16. Mood Stabilizers

    • Mood Stabilizers

    • Anticonvulsive drugs

    • Antipsychotics

    • A typical antipsychotics

    • Bipolar disorder and antidepressants

    • Bipolar disorder and antipsychotic drugs

    • Lifelong Medicine and Bipolar Disorder

17. Maintenance Plays An Instrumental Role In Controling Depression

    • Zung Selfrating Depression Scale

    • Young's scale for measuring mania