PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF BIPOLAR DISORDER
Sheri L. Johnson and Robert L. Leahy (Editors)
Guilford Press, 2004
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: The reader will gain an understanding of the diagnostic, social, and clinical issues involved in providing therapy for bipolar disorder including psychosocial approaches to supplement medication management; psychosocial functioning and predictors of symptoms; differential diagnosis and assessment of adult BD; therapy and treatment issues from cognitive therapy to family therapy, from suicidality to consumer advocacy and self-help.
The contributors to the book review the conceptual and empirical bases of cognitive, family-focused, group, and interpersonal and social rhythm therapies; provide clear descriptions of therapeutic procedures; and address assessment and diagnosis, analyze available outcome data, and provide guidance on managing suicidality.
Sheri L. Johnson, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Miami. Her work has been funded by the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression and by the National Institute of Mental Health, and her findings have been published in a number of journals, including the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D., is President of the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy, founder and director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in New York City, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Cornell University Medical School. He is the author or editor of Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy, Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders (with Stephen J. Holland), and Roadblocks in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, among many other publications.
11 CE credits; 314 pages
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