Bipolar Disorder, Second Edition A Family-Focused Treatment Approach

by Miklowitz, David J.

• ISBN13: 9781593856557
• ISBN10: 1593856555
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-26
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Family-focused psychoeducational treatment (FFT) is among a very small number of psychosocial treatments that have been found to be effective in multiple studies to improve the course of bipolar disorder. This indispensable guide--now in a revised and upd

Author Biography

David J. Miklowitz, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, and Senior Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University. He was Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1989 to 2009. His current research focuses on family psychoeducational treatments for childhood-onset bipolar disorder. Dr. Miklowitz has received a number of awards for his research, including, most recently, the Distinguished Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, the Mogens Schou Award for Research from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, and the Monica Fooks lectureship from Oxford University. Dr. Miklowitz has published more than 200 research articles and book chapters and five books on bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The first edition of Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach won the Outstanding Research Publication Award from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Table of Contents

Bipolar Disorder and Families: Clinical and Research Background

Bipolar Disorder: Why Family Treatment?

The Nature of Bipolar Disorder and Its Impact on the Family

Family and Social Factors in the Course of Bipolar Disorder

Conducting Family-Focused Treatment

Planning the First Encounter

The Functional Assessment

Family Psychoeducation: The Initial Sessions

Family Psychoeducation: Etiology, Treatment, and Self-Management

Family Psychoeducation: Dealing with Resistances

Communication Enhancement Training: Rationale and Mechanics

Communication Enhancement Training: Clinical Issues

Dealing with Family Problems

Managing Crises in Family-Focused Treatment

Termination

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