Unexplored areas of psychotherapy in bipolar disorder.
Several psychological interventions-including group psychoeducation, family-focused psychoeducation, and interpersonal social-rhythm therapy-have demonstrated prophylactic efficacy as an adjunct to medication in bipolar disorders (BDs). The field of psychological interventions for BD has experienced impressive progress over the last 15 years. Certain unexplored areas, however, require further research in order to establish the full potential of psychological interventions for BD. Such research should focus, among other things, on cognitive impairment associated with BD, BD in the elderly, comorbid anxiety disorders and other comorbidities, the treatment of BD in pregnant women, and the improvement of patients' overall physical health.
From the Bipolar Disorders Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Drs. Popovic and Colom); Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey (Dr. Yildiz); St. Andrew's Academic Centre, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Northampton, UK (Dr. Murphy).
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Popovic
Ayşegül
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Yildiz
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D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*