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Paper books can be purchased through Amazon.
To support our mission to provide guidance and resources to families and providers on mood disorders, bipolar disorder, and its newly identified phenotype dubbed “Fear of Harm” (also known as FOH or TSDD), we’ve compiled books that support accurate diagnosis and effective treatment.
These books contain details on how to identify symptoms, as well as treatment recommendations backed by research and clinical practice.
These books also contain checklists and questionnaires based on decades of research as well as on years of community sourced reports of common symptom presentation in children and teens from countless families and providers. Parents, patients, and providers can use these checklists, medication histories, family histories, and behavior charts to help identify symptoms of mood disorders and to facilitate access to effective treatment.
Bipolar Disorder in Children
You may have heard that kids can’t have bipolar disorder. Well, that not the case. It’s just that most people, providers included, haven’t been taught what to look for. This book, contains details about how to identify bipolar symptoms in children ages 5-15, and includes research backed treatment recommendations. With symptom checklists and information on how they present in real life, families and providers have never been better equipped to work together to understand and identify bipolar disorder in children, tweens, and teens.
Bipolar – Fear of Harm (FOH)
Nearly 20 years ago a new phenotype of bipolar disorder was identified by researchers at the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, and they’ve been studying it’s causes and treatments ever since. CMHRC’s book on this newly identified form of bipolar contains details about the diagnosis, how to identify its symptoms, and research backed treatment recommendations. With its hallmark symptom of temperature dysregulation, many find our book, Managing Temperature and Sleep Disruptions to be and essential companion read.
Differentiating Bipolar and ADHD
A Practical Guide
It can be extremely challenging to tell the difference between ADHD and bipolar disorder in children since so many of their symptoms overlap. This book, contains detailed practical information outlining how healthcare practitioners and families can accurately identify symptoms and determine which disorder they likely correspond to. It also contains checklists and templates to help families and providers communicate around symptom history, medication trials, and family history to support accurate diagnosis and effective treatment.
Managing Temperature and Sleep Disruptions
in FOH and other mental health challenges
Sleep disruptions are a common feature of mood disorders. Not everyone realizes the impact heat and temperature changes can have on mental health. This book, contains detailed practical information on how to understand temperature dysregulation and sleep disruptions that are hallmarks of the FOH diagnosis, but can also impact anyone with a mood disorder. It also contains checklists and templates to help families develop and put into place cooling plans, sleep plans, and at school interventions to support stabilization of sleep, mood, and temperature.
CMHRC’s The Myth of Misbehavior
We often hear parents, teachers, and other adults use words like, “chose,” “refused,” and “decided”, when talking about the behavior of kids and teens, as in “the child decided to misbehave”. But, in many cases, the child in question is dealing with symptoms over which they have no control and they lack the coping skills necessary to manage them.
This CMHRC exclusive book takes deep dive into differentiating misbehavior from symptoms of mental health conditions. Whether you’re a parent, mental or physical healthcare provider, educator, coach, or caregiver this book is for you. The Myth of Misbehavior will help shift your perspective and help you see through a new lens everything you thought you knew about children’s behaviors.
CMHRC’s Palliative Parenting Workbook
This one of a kind workbook is a companion to CMHRC’s Palliative Parenting course. A digital copy of the workbook is included in the fee for the face-to-face Palliative Parenting course. It can also be purchased in paper form through Amazon, or in digital form as desired.
Those taking CMHRC’s self-guided video course of Palliative Parenting (launching summer/fall 2024) can also purchase a paper copy through Amazon, or purchase digital copies here.
Resource Cards
*Please allow 2 weeks for delivery of resource cards.
Sometimes, when our kids are dysregulated, we need to communicate a lot of information quickly to those around us. Perhaps it’s a stranger who wants to help when our children are distressed in public. Or maybe it’s a healthcare provider who doesn’t know your child’s history.
These polite and succinct cards can help in times of trouble when we might not have the capacity to answer folks directly.
“Out and About” Information Card
Medical Emergency: ER or Doctor’s Office
Psychiatric Emergency: ER or Doctor’s Office
Books Coming Soon!
- Differentiating Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- A Guide to Mood Disorders and the Limbic System
Check back for update and new additions.