Product Overview
If you ever needed a strong support system and gentle guidance, it is when you are struggling to help stabilize a loved one who is suffering from depression or bipolar. This book is designed to assist you in strengthening your resolve and your effectiveness as a loving caregiver through the successes as well as the most difficult of times. Let the anecdotes, information, resources and solid professional advice in this book help smooth out some of the ruts in the road as you continue your loving journey. This book will help you to: * Better understand the meaning of your loved one's diagnosis. * Break free from fear and inaction. * Cope while learning to effectively help your loved one. * Instill confidence as you discover a world of resources. * Recognize and effectively deal with troublesome issues. * Avoid compassion-fatigue. * Grow and nurture hope. * Develop more useful and successful tools. * Prevent relapse in your loved one by making healthier choices. * Optimize recovery as rapidly as possible. * Always remember that recovery is the goal...for everyone. Jerry Malugeon knows the heartbreak of mood disorders as they have seriously affected his own family over the years. He is the manager of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Resource Center in Orange, California and editor of the DBSA newsletter, The Rollercoaster Times. This book results from his experiences helping hundreds of family members, companions and caregivers in assisting loved ones toward successfully recovering from their illnesses. In addition to authoring this book and his work with DBSA and NAMI, Jerry also has a respected and acclaimed mental health blog read by hundreds throughout the US as well as in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Remember, these illnesses can be managed. Find out how to help your loved one successfully achieve stability. Always expect recovery.
