title: Schema therapy for bipolar disorder: a conceptual model and future directions.
abstract: Schema therapy (ST) is an integrative form of psychotherapy developed for complex, chronic psychological disorders with a characterlogical underpinning. Bipolar disorder is just such a disorder--complex and often comorbid, with demonstrated stable cognitive and personality features that complicate the course of illness. This article presents the reasons justifying the application of ST to bipolar disorder and proposes a treatment rationale and future directions for treatment and research. If well adapted to the characteristics of bipolar disorder, ST might prove to be an effective adjunctive psychotherapy option that attenuates emotional reactivity, reduces symptoms and improves quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada. lisa.hawke@uhnresearch.ca
authors.forename: Lisa D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Hawke
authors.forename: Martin D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Provencher
authors.forename: Sagar V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Parikh
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011613:Psychotherapy