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3 - Bipolar Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2025

By
Monica Ramirez Basco
Edited by
Stephen Hupp  and
David F. Tolin
Stephen Hupp
Affiliation:
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
David F. Tolin
Affiliation:
Institute of Living
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Summary

The most efficacious treatments for bipolar disorder include cognitive-behavioral therapy, family-focused therapy, and systemic care. Credible components of treatment include psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, social support, and relapse prevention. The chapter also include a sidebar on research therapists and another on overcoming challenges to learning and implementing therapy.

Keywords

bipolar disordercognitive-behavioral therapyfamily focused therapysystemic carepsychoeducationcognitive restructuringsocial supportrelapse preventionresearch therapistsscience-based therapy
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Science-Based Therapy
Raising the Bar for Empirically Supported Treatments
 , pp. 30 - 46
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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References

Useful Resources

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Bipolar Disorder, www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), https://nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Bipolar-Disorder.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), www.dbsalliance.org/education/bipolar-disorder/.

Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), www.samhsa.gov/serious-mental-illness/bi-polar.

American Psychiatric Association. Bipolar Disorders, www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/bipolar-disorders.

American Psychological Association. Bipolar Disorder, www.apa.org/topics/bipolar-disorder.

US Department of Veteran Affairs. Bipolar Disorder. www.mentalhealth.va.gov/bipolar/index.asp.

Basco, M. R. (2015). The Bipolar Workbook: Tools for Controlling your Mood Swings, 2nd ed. Guilford Press.

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