Treating Bipolar Disorder: a Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy

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This innovative manual presents a powerful approach for helping people manage bipolar illness and protect against the recurrence of manic or depressive episodes. Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy focuses on stabilizing moods by improving medication adherence, building coping skills and relationship satisfaction, and shoring up the regularity of daily rhythms or routines. Each phase of this flexible, evidence-based treatment is vividly detailed, from screening, assessment, and case conceptualization through acute therapy, maintenance treatment, and periodic booster sessions. Among the spe.;Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; About the Author; Series Editor's Note; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction: Where Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy Came From; ONE. The Patients; TWO. Empirically Supported Theories of Bipolar Disorder and the Etiology of Bipolar Episodes; THREE. Empirically Supported Therapies for Bipolar Disorder; FOUR. A Brief Overview of Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy; FIVE. Assessment of Bipolar Disorders and Common Comorbidities; SIX. The Individualized Case Formulation: History Taking and the Interpersonal Inventory. Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication About the Author Series Editor's Note Acknowledgments Contents Introduction: Where Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy Came From ONE. The Patients TWO. Empirically Supported Theories of Bipolar Disorder and the Etiology of Bipolar Episodes THREE. Empirically Supported Therapies for Bipolar Disorder FOUR. A Brief Overview of Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy FIVE. Assessment of Bipolar Disorders and Common Comorbidities SIX. The Individualized Case Formulation: History Taking and the Interpersonal Inventory. SEVEN. Orienting the Patient to Treatment and Individualized Treatment PlanningEIGHT. Symptom Management: Stabilizing Social Rhythms and Behavioral Activation NINE. Intervening in Interpersonal Problem Areas TEN. Intervening: Other Useful Interventions ELEVEN. Monitoring Progress and Enhancing Treatment Adherence TWELVE. The Therapeutic Relationship in Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy THIRTEEN. Poor Outcome and How to Handle It FOURTEEN. Tapering or Concluding Treatment Appendices APPENDIX 1. Social Rhythm Metric-II-Five-Item Version (SRM-II-5). APPENDIX 2. Score Calculation Instructions for the SRM-II-5APPENDIX 3. Social Rhythm Metric-II-17-Item Version (SRM-II-17) APPENDIX 4. Score Calculation Instructions for the SRM-II-17 APPENDIX 5. An Interview Guide for the Interpersonal Inventory APPENDIX 6. Therapist Checklist for Initial IPSRT Sessions APPENDIX 7. Social Rhythm Stabilization Schedule APPENDIX 8. Future Stabilization Goals Chart APPENDIX 9. Resources APPENDIX 10. Mood Disorder Monitoring Chart References Index.