Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder: A Therapist's Guide to Concepts, Methods and Practice (Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology) - Hardcover

Lam, Dominic H.; Jones, Steven H.; Hayward, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470779373 ISBN 13: 9780470779378

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

A thoroughly updated version of a key practitioner text, this new edition includes a treatment manual of cognitive-behavioural therapy for Bipolar Disorder which incorporates the very latest understanding of the psycho-social aspects of bipolar illness. * Updated to reflect treatment packages developed by the authors over the last decade, and the successful completion of a large randomized controlled study which shows the efficacy of CBT for relapse prevention in Bipolar Disorder * Demonstrates the positive results of a combined approach of cognitive behavioural therapy and medication * Provides readers with a basic knowledge of bipolar disorders and its psycho-social aspects, treatments, and the authors' model for psychological intervention * Includes numerous clinical examples and case studies

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Review

"This book is a helpful treatment manual of cognitive behavioural therapy for BD patients written for professionals. It provides a basic knowledge of BD, including the latest studies. The book offers easy-to-follow guidance and illustrates the process of the therapy with many case examples." (European Journal of Mental Health, 1 November 2012)

"Clinical psychologists Lam (U. of Hull), Steven H. Jones (U. of Lancaster), and Peter Hayward, in private practice, update their 1999 guide to incorporate subsequent literature and their own experience working with bipolar patients using a form of prophylactic psychotherapy in conjunction with medication. The treatment package they describe contains elements from traditional cognitive therapy for depression, but also some elements they have devised for treating the particular difficulties experienced by people with bipolar illness. The early chapters provide readers with a basic knowledge about bipolar disorders, treatments available so far, the psycho-social aspects of bipolar disorders, and their model for psychological intervention. Then they explain the treatment package itself, and how therapists can integrate it into their practice." (Reference and Research Book News, February 2011)

From the Back Cover

Part of The Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology, this book is a treatment manual of cognitive-behavioural therapy for Bipolar Disorder, or Manic Depression. Now in its second edition, Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Disorder outlines a treatment package for sufferers, which combines cognitive behavioural therapy specifically developed for bipolar disorders, with routine medication. This treatment is based on the combined work of the authors over several years and incorporates the very latest understanding of the psycho-social aspects of bipolar illness; it has proven success among bipolar patients who have not responded well to prophylactic medication alone.

Divided into two parts, the book first provides readers with a basic knowledge of bipolar disorders, and how they have been treated historically. The second part describes the new treatment designed by the authors. Chapters consider pre-therapy assessment, how to introduce the model to patients, specific cognitive and behavioural techniques for bipolar disorders, and self-management and coping with prodromes. The authors also discuss long-term issues, the sense of the self, family and social aspects, interpersonal issues in therapy, and issues related to services in the context of bipolar disorders.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470779373
• ISBN 13: 9780470779378
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344