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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Particular problems can be used in specific ways : Self - critical thoughts . Many of the thoughts which manic - depressive patients bring to the therapy are self - critical , especially if they enter therapy in a depressive or euthymic ...
Particular problems can be used in specific ways : Self - critical thoughts . Many of the thoughts which manic - depressive patients bring to the therapy are self - critical , especially if they enter therapy in a depressive or euthymic ...
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Initially it is key to help patients identify their automatic thoughts . Marking them in sessions is the first step . As automatic thoughts are expressed they are picked up and fed back by the therapist . It is enough , in the early ...
Initially it is key to help patients identify their automatic thoughts . Marking them in sessions is the first step . As automatic thoughts are expressed they are picked up and fed back by the therapist . It is enough , in the early ...
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CHALLENGING AUTOMATIC THOUGHTS Challenging becomes a test of the therapist's ability to help the patient reframe their ideas without getting into a conflict or ' power struggle ' with the patient . Working with patients with manic ...
CHALLENGING AUTOMATIC THOUGHTS Challenging becomes a test of the therapist's ability to help the patient reframe their ideas without getting into a conflict or ' power struggle ' with the patient . Working with patients with manic ...
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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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