Francesc Colom

Psychoeducation Manual for Bipolar Disorder (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Although the mainstay of bipolar therapy is drug treatment, psychoeducation is a technique that has proven to be very effective as an add-on to medication, helping to reduce the number of all types of bipolar recurrences and hospitalisation. The object is to improve patients' understanding of the disorder and therefore their adherence to pharmacotherapy. Based on the highly successful, evidence-based Barcelona program, this book is a pragmatic, therapists' guide for how to implement psychoeducation for bipolar patients. It gives practical guidance for how to conduct a psychoeducation group, using sessions and cases drawn from the Barcelona Psychoeducation Program. Moreover, it provides the reader with a great amount of practical tips and tricks and specific techniques to maximize the benefits of bipolar psychoeducation. The authors formed the first group to show the efficacy of psychoeducation as a maintenance treatment and have a long history of performing bipolar psychoeducation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139930741
• Artikelnr.: 52943942

Autorenporträt

Francesc Colom is a Senior Researcher at the Bipolar Disorders Program, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. DOB 22 June 1971.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Part I. Clinical, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Aspects of Bipolar Disorder: Part II. Concept and Methodology of Psychoeducation: Part III. Psychoeducation Program: Unit 1. Awareness of the disorder
Unit 2. Drug adherence
Unit 3. Avoiding substance abuse
Unit 4. Early detection of new episodes
Unit 5. Regular habits and stress management
Final note
Bibliography.