Question:
Family Therapy for coping with Bipolar Disorder?
Answer:
1. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION (APA)
Practice Guideline for the Treatment
of Patients with Bipolar Disorder
The guideline covers diagnosis, natural history, epidemiology,
treatment principles and alternatives, and summary of
recommendations. 2. PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
A Review of Bipolar Disorder Among Adults - Donald M. Hilty, MD;
Kathleen T. Brady, MD, PhD; and Robert E. Hales, MD, MBA.
This paper reviews the epidemiology, etiology, assessment,
and management of bipolar disorder. 3. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment
of Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder.
Treatment involves the combination of pharmacotherapy
and adjunctive psychosocial interventions with a focus on
the amelioration of acute symptoms; the prevention of
relapse; the reduction of long-term morbidity; and
the promotion of long-term growth and development. 4. NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL (NAMI)
Treating Adolescent Mania and Bipolar Disorder -
Scott A. West, MD
This study emphasizes that a significant number
of bipolar patients experience their first episode
during adolescence and that diagnosis is often
made more difficult by the presence of comorbid
psychiatric disorders. 5. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
The Risk of Suicide in Patients with Bipolar Disorders -
Sulvia G. Simpson, MD, and Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD.
"Patients with affective disorders, and particularly bipolar
disorders, have a high risk of committing suicide compared
with those with other psychiatric and medical disorders." 6. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Lithium: Proving Its Mettle for 50 Years
After 50 years, "lithium is still used in the treatment
of mood disorders, particularly bipolar illness, and ongoing
research is providing evidence for other benefits of the drug,
including an antisuicidal effect." 7. DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
In September we published a newsletter on depression.
These resources can be found at
.
Last spring we published a newsletter on suicide. The
resources in that issue of FPN are worthy of another
review.
8. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH)
Manic-Depressive Illness
This is a patient brochure on bipolar disorder
from the NIMH.
9. CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY NEWS
Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder: A Family Affair
