Structured Group Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder: The Life Goals Program, Second Edition

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Springer Publishing Company, 2003 - 380 pages

This updated and substantially revised edition not only incorporates the expansion of the pharmacological armamentarium available for treatment but also integrates the explosion of evidence-based data for psychosocial interventions. The authors, a psychiatrist-nurse team, have fine-tuned their two-phase treament program and present a clear and concise approach to improving illness self-management skills, as well as social and occupational functioning.

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Contents

Introduction
xiii
I Overview of ManicDepressive Disorder
1
Diagnosis of ManicDepressive Disorder
3
Impact of ManicDepressive Disorder
20
Pathological Basis of ManicDepressive Disorder
35
Overview of Biological Treatments for ManicDepressive Disorder
52
Psychosocial Treatments for ManicDepressive Disorder
88
The Conceptual Framework for the Life Goals Program
115
MANIA PART 1
169
MANIA PART 2
177
DEPRESSION PART 1
189
DEPRESSION PART 2
197
TREATMENTS FOR MANICDEPRESSIVE DISORDER
209
The Life Goals Program Phase 2
233
Program Evaluation
299
References
326

The Life Goals Program
141
Phase 1 Illness Management Skills
143
ORIENTATION
155
Index
366
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About the author (2003)

Mark S. Bauer, MD, is in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and on staff in the Mental Health Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence, RI. Linda McBride, CS, MSN, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence, RI.

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