title: [Psychosocial treatment of bipolar disorder].
abstract: Psychosocial treatment is an essential part of maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder. It aims to improve cooperation in treatment, to provide support to the family and to teach illness self-management skills. Group psychoeducation and cognitive-behavioural treatment have shown the best efficacy in controlled studies of specific treatment programs developed for this disorder. Central ingredients of these treatment programs can be included in usual outpatient treatment; they include teaching the patients to recognize early warning signs of mood episodes, monitoring mood changes, encouraging regularity of diurnal rhythms and relieving the emotional stress of family members. Group settings will provide peer support.
authors.forename: Jorma
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oksanen
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012944:Social Support