Structured Group Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder: The Life Goals Program, Second EditionSpringer 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. |
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 |
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