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Psychoeducation Manual for Bipolar Disorder
Francesc Colom
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Description for Psychoeducation Manual for Bipolar Disorder
Paperback. This book is a pragmatic, therapists' guide for how to implement psychoeducation for bipolar patients. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414. 240 pages, 10 b/w illus. This book is a pragmatic, therapists' guide for how to implement psychoeducation for bipolar patients. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: MMH. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 14. Weight: 414.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
413g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521683685
SKU
V9780521683685
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About Francesc Colom
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. Eduard Vieta is Director of the Bipolar Disorders Program, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Barcelona. DOB Jan 16 1963.
Reviews for Psychoeducation Manual for Bipolar Disorder
'This is clearly written and user-friendly psychological treatment manual for patients with bipolar disorder … the authors have done a brilliant job in developing such a thorough psychoeducation programme. I would recommend anyone interested in working with patients with bipolar illness to buy this book.' British Journal of Psychiatry 'Colom and his colleagues in Barcelona urge us to adopt a ... Read more