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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... Risk Risk of suicide and suicide attempts are significant features of the course of bipolar illness . Goodwin & Jamison ( 1990 ) reviewed 30 studies in which rates of suicide of manic - depressive patients ranged from 9 to 60 % of the ...
... Risk Risk of suicide and suicide attempts are significant features of the course of bipolar illness . Goodwin & Jamison ( 1990 ) reviewed 30 studies in which rates of suicide of manic - depressive patients ranged from 9 to 60 % of the ...
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... risk that the process itself can become self - defeating . If clients settle on goals which are beyond their cur- rent power to attain , then this can risk either hypomanic overcompensa- tion or feelings of helplessness and depression ...
... risk that the process itself can become self - defeating . If clients settle on goals which are beyond their cur- rent power to attain , then this can risk either hypomanic overcompensa- tion or feelings of helplessness and depression ...
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... risk discussed above from their own history , as individuals they will often retain a need to experience challenge , and indeed the thrill of risk taking . A task during therapy can therefore be to identify ways in which such thrills ...
... risk discussed above from their own history , as individuals they will often retain a need to experience challenge , and indeed the thrill of risk taking . A task during therapy can therefore be to identify ways in which such thrills ...
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