Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment ApproachFamily-focused psychoeducational treatment (FFT) is among a very small number of psychosocial treatments that have been found to be effective in multiple studies to improve the course of bipolar disorder. This indispensable guide describes how to implement FFT with adult and adolescent patients and their family members. Provided are practical procedures for helping families understand the nature of bipolar disorder, strengthen their communication skills, solve day-to-day problems, and reduce the risk and severity of relapse. The book incorporates state-of-the-art knowledge on the illness and its biological and psychosocial management. More than a dozen reproducible handouts are included. |
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... behavioral family management for schizophrenia (Falloon, Boyd, & McGill, 1984; Liberman, 1988). This model consisted of four components: assessment of the functioning of the family during and following a patient's hospitalization for ...
... behavior - particularly his unwilling- ness to consult a psychiatrist seemed purposeful and intent upon hurt- ing her . Stewart reacted to her criticisms by " upping the ante " and threat- ening to leave her . Meanwhile , Stewart's ...
... behavioral and emotional experiences of the person with bipolar disorder affect everyone — the patient's parents , spouse , siblings , and chil- dren . In fact , as hospitalizations have become shorter and shorter , and as patients are ...
... behaviors such as self-disclosures of feelings, statements of sup- port to other members of the family, paraphrasing of each other's ideas, and statements intended to help define and solve problems. There were increases in the ...
... behaviors. When patients showed improvements in their interactions with relatives from pre- to posttreatment, they also showed greater improvements in their illness over 1 year. The UCLA Study The UCLA study was carried out in tandem ...