Treating Bipolar Disorder: A Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy

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Guilford Press, Apr 24, 2007 - Psychology - 212 pages
This innovative manual presents a powerful approach for helping people manage bipolar illness and protect against the recurrence of manic or depressive episodes. Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy focuses on stabilizing moods by improving medication adherence, building coping skills and relationship satisfaction, and shoring up the regularity of daily rhythms or routines. Each phase of this flexible, evidence-based treatment is vividly detailed, from screening, assessment, and case conceptualization through acute therapy, maintenance treatment, and periodic booster sessions. Among the special features are reproducible assessment tools and a chapter on how to overcome specific treatment challenges.

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Contents

Where Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy Came From
1
ONEThe Patients
5
TWOEmpirically Supported Theories of Bipolar Disorder and the Etiology of Bipolar Episodes
16
THREEEmpirically Supported Therapies for Bipolar Disorder
27
FOURA Brief Overview of Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy
43
FIVEAssessment of Bipolar Disorders and Common Comorbidities
50
History Taking and the Interpersonal Inventory
63
SEVENOrienting the Patient to Treatment and Individualized Treatment Planning
84
Other Useful Interventions
119
ELEVENMonitoring Progress and Enhancing Treatment Adherence
127
TWELVEThe Therapeutic Relationship in Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy
138
THIRTEENPoor Outcome and How to Handle It
145
FOURTEENTapering or Concluding Treatment
157
Appendices
163
References
198
Index
208

Stabilizing Social Rhythms and Behavioral Activation
92
NINEIntervening in Interpersonal Problem Areas
103

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About the author (2007)

Ellen Frank, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her doctorate in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1979. Dr. Frank's work focuses on the treatment of mood disorders, with particular emphasis on the prevention of recurrence. She is the author of over 350 journal articles, books, and book chapters.

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