Some 2,300,000 people in the U.S. have one of forty types of epilepsy. The most well-known of these is epilepsy with grand mal seizures. However, forms of epilepsy that involve only part of the brain and do not involve convulsions are more common. Symptoms for these partial seizure disorders can vary widely: some patients have no physical signs at all, experiencing only mental or sensory changes during a seizure, while others may experience numbing, shaking, or automatic movements of one or more body parts.Although partial seizures usually do not look dramatic to other people, they can have serious consequences for patients who have them. If left untreated, seizure activity may become more severe, occurring increasingly often and spreading to affect other brain regions. There is a possibility of permanent brain damage in some cases. The physical and emotional effects of partial seizures--dissociation, loss of coordination, memory loss, fatigue, mood swings, and physical pain, among others--can also make them very difficult to live with.The good news is that partial seizures are treatable. With intervention, patients can wrest back control of their lives. Partial Seizure Disorders helps patients and families:
<ul>
<li>Secure an accurate and complete diagnosis.</li>
<li>Live with partial seizures in the family, including developmental issues for young children, school difficulties, employment, and driving.</li>
<li>Understand medical interventions and side effects. Many medications for epilepsy are not appropriate for people with partial seizure disorders.</li>
<li>Explore therapeutic and other interventions, often as an adjunct to medication, such as learning coping skills, diet changes, vitamins, etc.</li>
<li>Get care with an existing health plan, including handling the problems that arise when you have a little-known disorder.</li>
<li>Find comprehensive resources: advocacy and support organizations, books, articles, and online resources.</li>
</ul>Author Mitzi Waltz, an advocate for children's neurological issues, has included the stories of dozens of patients and parents.

Partial Seizure Disorders: Help for Patients and Families

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Waltz, Mitzi

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Patient Centered Guides

Tourette's syndrome is a neurological disorder usually diagnosed in childhood. It is characterized by tics: physical jerks and involuntary vocalizations. Some people with Tourette's also have other brain-based disorders, particularly attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Tourette's syndrome can be a minor challenge or a truly devastating disability. People with Tourette's often experience anxiety, embarrassment, sometimes even harassment. Their symptoms can prevent them from having a normal childhood, building good relationships, achieving their best in school, or finding menaingful employment. The effects of this disruption can be painful and lifelong.The good news is that Tourette's is very treatable and sometimes subsides with age. With prompt, consistent intervention, most people with Tourette's can wrest back control of their lives. Tourette's Syndrome helps you:
<ul>
<li>Secure an accurate and complete diagnosis </li>
<li>Live with Tourette's in the family: using effective parenting techniques, building support systems</li>
<li>Understand medical interventions </li>
<li>Obtain appropriate medical care from an existing health plan </li>
<li>Deal with Tourette's in the community and workplace </li>
<li>Navigate the education system</li>
<li>Find resources </li>
</ul>Author Mitzi Waltz, an advocate for people with neurological challenges, has included the stories of dozens of people living with Tourette's and parents of children and teens with Tourette's.

Tourette's Syndrome: Finding Answers & Getting Help (Patient Centered Guides)

Parenting & Relationships

Bipolar disorders are changes in the brain and nervous system that cause severe mood swings, from the deepest suicidal depression to the most elevated euphoria. Approximately 2 million adults in the US have a bipolar disorder, according to the latest figures from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Worldwide prevalence hovers around 1 percent. Left untreated, bipolar disorders can plunge a person into absolute hell. Suicide is a possible outcome, as are school failure, limited job prospects, legal difficulties, and hospitalization. Families and communities pay a heavy toll when this disorder is not recognized and treated. Many traditional treatments, investigational medications, and complementary therapies can address symptoms and improve the lives of people with bipolar disorders. In some cases, the results are spectacular. Adult Bipolar Disorders: Understanding Your Diagnosis and Getting Help covers the range of topics that people need to know about in order to help themselves or a loved one:
<ul>
<li>Describes the range of bipolar disorders </li>
<li>Explains how to get a diagnosis, including descriptions of all diagnostic tests and checklists used by professionals</li>
<li>Dispels myths and misconceptions about this very misunderstood disease</li>
<li>Describes all medications, therapy, and other interventions, such as improving sleep patterns, preventing seasonal mood swings, diet, and supplements </li>
<li>Explores family life with bipolar disorders</li>
<li>Suggests ways to cope with diagnosis and treatment, including advice on support systems, insurance, and employment</li>
<li>Lists extensive resources</li>
</ul>Author Mitzi Waltz, an advocate for adults and children with neurological disorders, has included the stories of dozens of people with bipolar disorders.

Adult Bipolar Disorders: Understanding Your Diagnosis and Getting Help

Autistic spectrum disorders--including autism, pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Asperger's syndrome, and others--are labels to describe neurological conditions that can affect a person's speech and communication, emotional growth, social skills, and physical and mental abilities. Up to 1 in 150 children in some geographical areas have these conditions; children affected are disproportionately boys. This second edition is for parents (or newly diagnosed adults) who struggle with these neurological conditions that profoundly impact the life of child and family. Author and patient advocate Mitzi Waltz, now studying at the Autism Research Unit in the UK, incorporates the latest medical findings on possible causes for ASDs and on treatments.Topics include:
<ul>
<li>Getting a diagnosis, including preparing for a diagnostic interview in a medical, psychiatric, or school setting</li>
<li>Treatment options, including pharmaceutical medications, vitamins and supplements, sensory integration, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, behavior modification, floor time play therapy, talk therapy, and others</li>
<li>Coping with diagnosis and treatment, including emotions and support systems, insurance system, and educational plans</li>
<li>Stories from dozens of families living with autistic spectrum disorders </li>
</ul>

Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Understanding the Diagnosis and Getting Help

Alternative and Activist Media (Media Topics)

This study of alternative and activist media provides an introduction to alternative media theories, audiences and practices. It brings diverse voices and concepts from outside the commercial media world to the fore, enriching and challenging mass media. Illustrated with historical and current examples, from both a UK and international perspective, it also includes carefully constructed exercises and discussion topics based on case studies and available texts.Topics include the place of alternative media in a mass-media world; a history of alternative and activist media; media participation and consumption by marginalised audiences; the use of pirate and community radio, video and television by community and minority groups; fanzines and other small publishing ventures by individuals; the use of alternative media for explorations in design; the blurring of boundaries between alternative and mass media; and new technology and its possibilities for alternative media.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Edinburgh University Press

This study of alternative and activist media provides an introduction to alternative media theories, audiences and practices. It brings diverse voices and concepts from outside the commercial media world to the fore, enriching and challenging mass media. Illustrated with historical and current examples, from both a UK and international perspective, it also includes carefully constructed exercises and discussion topics based on case studies and available texts.Topics include the place of alternative media in a mass-media world; a history of alternative and activist media; media participation and consumption by marginalised audiences; the use of pirate and community radio, video and television by community and minority groups; fanzines and other small publishing ventures by individuals; the use of alternative media for explorations in design; the blurring of boundaries between alternative and mass media; and new technology and its possibilities for alternative media.

A comprehensive resource on Internet categories summarizes what  is available and accessible on the Information Highway and provides an  address listing that offers help with Cyberspace navigation. Original.  (Intermediate).

The Internet International Directory/Book, Cd-Rom and Map

Computers & Technology

Software

Ziff Davis Pr

Pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) include autism and a range of other neurological disorders. This book focuses on the most common, PDD-NOS (not otherwise specified). There are at least 250,000 Americans with this diagnosis, one-third of which are children. (According to researchers, there may be as many as twice that number who fit the criteria but who remain undiagnosed or have been misdiagnosed.)Parents of a young child with undiagnosed PDD may suspect any number of things, from autism to severe allergies. Pervasive Development Disorders: Finding a Diagnosis and Getting Help is the guide for parents (or newly diagnosed adults) who struggle with this neurological condition that profoundly impacts the life of the child and family.There are medications, therapies, and educational techniques that can address symptoms and improve the lives of people with PDD. In some cases, the results can be spectacular.Topics include:
<ul>
<li> Getting a diagnosis, including preparing for a diagnostic interview in a medical, psychiatric, or school setting; the book includes descriptions of all diagnostic tests and checklists/questions used by professionals</li>
<li> Treatment options, including: pharmaceutical medications, vitamins and supplements, sensory integration, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, behavior modification, "floor time" play therapy, talk therapy, and parenting techniques</li>
<li> Coping with diagnosis and treatment, including emotions and support systems, insurance system, and educational plans</li>
<li> Stories from a range of parents helping their children</li>
</ul>

Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Finding a Diagnosis and Getting Help (Patient Centered Guides)

Psychology & Counseling

Until recently, bipolar disorders were almost never diagnosed in children and rarely recognized in adolescents, even though between 20 and 40 percent of the two million or more adults diagnosed with bipolar disorders in the United States experienced the onset of illness in their teen years or before. Psychiatrists now recognize that manic depression has frequently been misdiagnosed as ADHD (or oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, or depression). According to recent data, 23 percent of children currently diagnosed with ADHD will evenutally be diagnosed as having a bipolar disorder. As many as a million children in the US alone may have childhood-onset bipolar disorder.Bipolar disorders are different in children than in adults. There are some diagnostic criteria unique to children. Some reckless behavior is limited by being a child and being under adult control. Families and communities pay a heavy toll when this disorder is not recognized and treated. Suicide is a possible outcome, as are school failure, limited job prospects, legal difficulties, and hospitalizations. Understanding and recognizing the differences in the illness for children and adolescents is key for concerned parents and professionals.Bipolar Disorders covers the range of topics that parents need to know about in order to help their children:
<ul>
<li> Description of the range of bipolar disorders</li>
<li> Diagnostic criteria, current and proposed, including comparisons to common misdiagnoses</li>
<li> Family life with bipolar disorders, including recognizing and preventing mood swings, safety, and support</li>
<li> Medications, with special attention to the physiology and responses of children and adolescents </li>
<li> Therapeutic interventions in various "talk therapies"</li>
<li> Other interventions, such as improving sleep patterns, preventing seasonal mood swings, diet, and supplements</li>
<li> Insurance issues</li>
<li> school, including special education system and 504 Plans or EIPs</li>
</ul>As author Mitzi Waltz notes, "With early intervention, the possibilities for these kids are limitless."

Bipolar Disorders: A Guide to Helping Children and Adolescents

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the most common psychiatric problems faced by children, although frequently not diagnosed or treated. OCD is a neurological illness. Many children diagnosed with OCD also turn out to have other brain-based disorders, particularly attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD). Psychiatrists sometimes categorize patients who have certain common OCD behaviors as "counters," "cleaners," "checkers," and "hoarders."Childhood OCD can be a truly debilitating disability, not just a minor problem or personality quirk. Children with OCD experience extreme anxiety, embarrassment, sometimes even harassment, because of this disorder. Their OCD symptoms often prevent them from building good relationships, from achieving their best in school, and from having a normal childhood. The effects of this disruption can be painful and lifelong.The good news is that OCD is very treatable. With prompt, consistent intervention, most young people with OCD can wrest back control of their lives. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder helps parents:
<ul>
<li>Secure an accurate and complete diagnosis</li>
<li>Live with OCD in the family: using effective parenting techniques, building support systems, and handling difficult issues</li>
<li>Understand medical interventions</li>
<li>Explore therapeutic and other interventions, such as cognitive therapy and vitamins or supplements</li>
<li>Get care with an existing health plan, even with no coverage of "mental disorders"</li>
<li>Navigate the special education system</li>
</ul>Author Mitzi Waltz, an advocate for children's neurological issues, has included the stories of dozens of parents and adolescents.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Helping Children & Adolescents

Mental Health

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Partial Seizure Disorders: Help for Patients and Families

Tourette's Syndrome: Finding Answers & Getting Help (Patient Centered Guides)

Adult Bipolar Disorders: Understanding Your Diagnosis and Getting Help

Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Understanding the Diagnosis and Getting Help

Alternative and Activist Media (Media Topics)

Alternative and Activist Media (Media Topics)

The Internet International Directory/Book, Cd-Rom and Map

Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Finding a Diagnosis and Getting Help (Patient Centered Guides)

Bipolar Disorders: A Guide to Helping Children and Adolescents

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Helping Children & Adolescents