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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Generally patients are hard to engage during an acute manic phase or during a
deeply suicidal or psychotic depressive episode . Hence most of the evidence of
efficacy of psychotherapy is about therapy when patients were not in an acute ...
Generally patients are hard to engage during an acute manic phase or during a
deeply suicidal or psychotic depressive episode . Hence most of the evidence of
efficacy of psychotherapy is about therapy when patients were not in an acute ...
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randomised trial , the patients in the nine families had fewer hospitalisations at
nine months when compared with the author ' s previous similar sample
managed by medication alone . The group used the behavioural family
management ...
randomised trial , the patients in the nine families had fewer hospitalisations at
nine months when compared with the author ' s previous similar sample
managed by medication alone . The group used the behavioural family
management ...
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manic - depressive patients get their medication from their general practitioners .
Like many aspects of therapy , detecting and coping with prodromes needs
practice . Patients should be asked and helped to continually practise and update
...
manic - depressive patients get their medication from their general practitioners .
Like many aspects of therapy , detecting and coping with prodromes needs
practice . Patients should be asked and helped to continually practise and update
...
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disorder | 42 |
A model of cognitive behavioural | 52 |
Selfmanagement and coping with | 159 |
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