Psychoeducation as a Core Element of Psychological Approaches for Bipolar Disorders

Bipolar Disorder: Clinical and Neurobiological Foundations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 412-421

  Colom, Francesc ^a   Berk, Lesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Psychoeducation' active and didactic presentation of information about illness and ways to treat it; Bipolar disorder, biological illness deserving proper pharmacological treatment; Evidence based adjunctive psychoeducation treatments for bipolar disorder; Group psychoeducation, efficacy in complex patients fulfilling criteria for comorbid personality disorder; Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) general psychoeducation component and bipolar tailored reformulation of former Interpersonal Therapy (IPT); National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC); Psychoeducation, aimed at caregivers reinforcing patient's positive behaviour towards illness; Psychoeducation, core element of psychological approaches for bipolar disorders; Psychoeducation, in different settings involving individuals or groups; Psychoeducation, information based behavioural training adjusting lifestyle to cope with bipolar disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054862038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470661277.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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