Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorders

Maria Reinares is General Health Psychologist, Senior Researcher, Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Unit of the Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona. Anabel Martínez-Arán is Clinical Psychologist, Senior Researcher, Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Unit of the Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona. Eduard Vieta is Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Universitat de Barcelona. He is a Senior Consultant and Director of the Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Unit of the Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona.

'This is a comprehensive review of psychotherapy interventions for helping people with bipolar disorder. Students in clinical training are likely to find it very useful but so are licensed mental health professionals who have been practicing for years. Many different approaches are addressed here along with the research supporting their effectiveness … What is unique about this book is that all of the approaches are presented so as to invite therapists to evaluate how they might selectively combine them, as appropriate, within an integrative treatment plan. There also is a very useful section at the end that can be shared with clients, describing the different parts of an integrative approach.' D. C. Marston, Choice

• Preface; Part I. An Introduction of Treatments: 1.1 Introduction to bipolar disorders; 1.2 Adjunctive psychological treatments in adults with bipolar disorders; Part II. The Foundations of an Integrative Approach to Bipolar Disorders: 2.1 Psychoeducation for patients and family members; 2.2 Promotion of a healthy lifestyle; 2.3 Mindfulness; 2.4 Cognitive and functional remeditation; Part III. An Integrative Approach to Bipolar Disorders: 3.1 Introduction to the integrative approach; 3.2 Contents of the integrative approach; Appendix 1. The group rules; Appendix 2. Level of satisfaction with the intervention; Bibliography; Index.