What Works for Bipolar Kids or Pharmako Dynamis

What Works for Bipolar Kids: Help and Hope for Parents

Author: Mani Pavuluri

It may be hard to believe your child will ever get better, but kids with bipolar disorder can and do lead healthy, stable lives. In this compassionate and optimistic book, expert clinician and renowned researcher Mani Pavuluri delivers information, advice, and proven strategies that empower you to deal with the challenges of bipolar disorder and help your child get well. Drawing on 20 years of experience with bipolar kids and their families, she provides solidly researched strategies for reducing or eliminating problems with mania, aggression, sleep disturbances, depression, and other issues. You'll discover practical ways to handle crises at home and in school, work with professionals to find an effective combination of medicine and psychotherapy, and cultivate a supportive community of friends and peers for your child. Dr. Pavuluri also helps you deal with the stress that comes with parenting, so you can maintain your poise, focus on the positive, and be a powerful advocate for your child.

About the Author:
Mani Pavuluri, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry and Founding Director of the Pediatric Mood Disorders Clinic and Pediatric Bipolar Research Program at the Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Pharmako/Dynamis: Stimulating Plants,Potions,and Herbcraft, Vol. 1

Author: Dale Pendell

"Dale Pendell reactivates the ancient connection between the bardic poet and the shaman."-Terence McKenna

In Pharmako/Dynamis, Dale Pendell continues his exploration of psychoactive plants begun in Pharmako/Poeia. Pharmacognosy is the study of the composition, production, use, and history of drugs of natural origin. Pendell covers these topics and more in this volume, charting a voyage around the world of plant teachers. Through poetry, chemistry, and a generous sprinkling of arcane lore, Pendell weaves and twists the many threads of tradition into a singularly bewitching brew. Pendell's voyage is a true circumnavigation. It divulges what Gary Synder called "dangerous knowledge" that is a formidable weapon against "even more dangerous ignorance."

Dale Pendell is a poet, software engineer, and longtime student of ethnobotany. His poetry has appeared in many journals, and he was the founding editor of KUKSU: Journal of Backcountry Writing. He has led workshops on ethnobotany and ethnopoetics for the Naropa Institute and the Botanical Preservation Corps.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Plant Allies: a poet's guide
	On the Nature of Poison	3
	Nigredo: A Turn of Darkening	7
	Excitantia: provokers and agitators
	Speed Limits	11
	Coffee: Coffea arabica	15
	Tea: Thea sinensis	45
	Chocolate I: Theobroma cacao	73
	Plant Wars	91
	Chocolate II: Theobroma cacao	93
	The Black Drink: Ilex spp., Guarana	108
	Kola: Cola nitida	116
	Betal: Areca catechu	119
	Hecate's Garden	125
	Ma Huang, Ephedra spp.	127
	Khat: Catha edulis	142
	Speed Freaking: amphetamine	149
	Coca: Erythroxylum coca	156
	Stealing from Tomorrow	178
	Wandering and the Vision Quest	185
	Empathogenica: mammalian raptures
	Cleansing the Temple	197
	Nutmeg Reveries: Myristica fragrans	199
	Flipping and Raving: MDMA, Ecstasy	206
	GHB	221
	The Gift	227
	Dream Stutters	228
	References	233
	Credits	271
	Index	277