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

✍ Scribed by Mark S. Bauer MD, Linda McBride MSN

• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 401
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Part I: Overview of Manic-Depressive Disorder......Page 22
1 Diagnosis of Manic-Depressive Disorder......Page 24
2 Impact of Manic-Depressive Disorder......Page 41
3 Pathological Basis of Manic-Depressive Disorder......Page 56
4 Overview of Biological Treatments for Manic-Depressive Disorder......Page 73
5 Psychosocial Treatments for Manic-Depressive Disorder......Page 109
6 The Conceptual Framework for the Life Goals Program......Page 136
Part II: The Life Goals Program......Page 162
7 Phase 1: Illness Management Skills......Page 164
Session 1: Orientation......Page 176
Session 2: Mania Part 1......Page 190
Session 3: Mania Part 2......Page 198
Session 4: Depression, Part 1......Page 210
Session 5: Depression, Part 2......Page 218
Session 6: Treatments for Manic-Depressive Disorder......Page 230
8 The Life Goals Program Phase 2......Page 254
9 Program Evaluation......Page 320
References......Page 350
B......Page 390
C......Page 391
D......Page 392
G......Page 394
L......Page 395
M......Page 397
N......Page 398
P......Page 399
S......Page 400
Z......Page 401