Functional impairment, stress, and psychosocial intervention in bipolar disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 504-512

  Miklowitz, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cognitive remediation; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Expressed emotion; Family therapy; Functional impairment; Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy; Mindfulness; Psychosocial intervention; Psychosocial treatment; Stress; Vocational functioning

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STRESS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL AND SOCIAL RHYTHM THERAPY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING; SOCIAL STRESS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK DISABILITY; ADULT; CHILD; EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855898558     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0227-x     Document Type: Review

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