Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder: A Therapist's Guide to Concepts, Methods and PracticeBipolar disorder or manic depression is a serious mental disorder attracting increasing interest and could represent the next major area for the wider application of cognitive behavioral therapy. The authors have treated manic depressive patients on a routine clinical basis and have included in this book a detailed description of the techniques and issues in working with this client group. |
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Because mood fluctuation in these patients is often associated with periods of illness , they can become anxious , fearful and over - cautious in relation to what would otherwise be deemed as normal mood states .
Because mood fluctuation in these patients is often associated with periods of illness , they can become anxious , fearful and over - cautious in relation to what would otherwise be deemed as normal mood states .
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A further difficulty of dealing with the subtle cognitive changes that occur in the very early stages of hypomania is that they can easily be interpreted by both the patient and the therapist as being a normal upturn in mood .
A further difficulty of dealing with the subtle cognitive changes that occur in the very early stages of hypomania is that they can easily be interpreted by both the patient and the therapist as being a normal upturn in mood .
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TH : On the occasions you feel assertive in your normal run of life , is that different to how you feel about being assertive during the early stage of mania ? PE : Yes , I feel in control . TE : So it is feeling assertive and in ...
TH : On the occasions you feel assertive in your normal run of life , is that different to how you feel about being assertive during the early stage of mania ? PE : Yes , I feel in control . TE : So it is feeling assertive and in ...
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Contents
Introduction to bipolar disorder | 1 |
Review of current treatment | 25 |
Psychosocial models in bipolar disorder | 42 |
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| Title | Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder: A Therapist's Guide to Concepts, Methods and Practice Volume 72 of Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology |
| Authors | Dominic H. Lam, Steven H. Jones, Peter Hayward, Jenifer A. Bright |
| Editor | Dominic H. Lam |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Wiley, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0471979457, 9780471979456 |
| Length | 308 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / General Psychology / Clinical Psychology Psychology / Psychopathology / Bipolar Disorder Self-Help / Mood Disorders / General |
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