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

Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based Treatment

by Ellen Frank

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.

Genres: Psychiatry, Mental Health

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Massimo · Rating 5 out of 5]

For insiders.
An indispensable book for anyone who works with bipolar patients. A little dated (2005) therefore not updated in the bibliography, but always useful to read and consult. In the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder it is essential to know the clinic of the disorder, to identify it, the pharmacology to treat it, but also to consider other aspects of the life of these patients; aspects that act in their microcosm and that, if taken into consideration, allow to customise the therapy and correct some of the relapse factors giving real support to the patient not only with drugs. A basic, didactic book, full of clinical cases and practical files that should not be missing in the library of every psychiatrist.

For insiders.
Un libro indispensabile per chi lavora con pazienti bipolari. Un po’ datato (2005) quindi non aggiornato nella bibliografia, ma sempre utile da leggere e consultare. Nella cura dei pazienti con disturbo bipolare è indispensabile conoscere la clinica del disturbo, per individuarlo, la farmacologia per curarlo, ma anche prendere in considerazione altri aspetti della vita di questi pazienti; aspetti che agiscono nel loro microcosmo e che, se presi in considerazione, permettono di personalizzare la terapia e di correggere alcuni dei fattori di ricaduta dando un reale sostegno al paziente non solo con i farmaci. Un libro basilare, didattico, ricco di casi clinici e schede pratiche che non deve mancare nella biblioteca di ogni psichiatra.

[ბექა სხულუხია · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was just intereseted to read it as user, but here is everything for psychiatrists and it was big disappointment for me. That book is only for professionals.