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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... writing . and other creative pursuits , has enrolled in a number of writing courses but never completed one , and likes to write poetry and attend poetry readings in pubs . Her insight into her illness is mixed - she admits that she has ...
... writing . and other creative pursuits , has enrolled in a number of writing courses but never completed one , and likes to write poetry and attend poetry readings in pubs . Her insight into her illness is mixed - she admits that she has ...
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... writing for weeks , the ideas just kept flowing , and I'd also been going out a lot , drinking , having affairs , and I got really wound up and bad tempered . They gave me these drugs that slowed me down , and I really hated how they ...
... writing for weeks , the ideas just kept flowing , and I'd also been going out a lot , drinking , having affairs , and I got really wound up and bad tempered . They gave me these drugs that slowed me down , and I really hated how they ...
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... writing course . It seemed important at this point to validate Melanie's feelings of loss . This strategy is not always successful : in the case of Janine , discussed above , repeated discussions of her sense of loss regarding her job ...
... writing course . It seemed important at this point to validate Melanie's feelings of loss . This strategy is not always successful : in the case of Janine , discussed above , repeated discussions of her sense of loss regarding her job ...
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