ArticleFocus (American Psychiatric Publishing)2014
Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder in Adults: A Review of the Evidence.
Article in Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Cost-Effectiveness Evaluations of Psychological Therapies for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Review.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2019Pooled it
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- Long-Term Efficacy and Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes of Deep Brain Stimulation in the Lateral Habenula Nucleus for Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Disorder.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Short Communication on Proposed Treatment Directions in Bipolar Disorder: A Psychotherapy Perspective.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation in bipolar depression: an open-label treatment study of clinical outcomes, acceptability and adverse events.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2024Article
- Striking the Balance: Bipolar Disorder in the Perinatal Period.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2024Review
- Trial-based economic evaluation of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy compared to treatment as usual for bipolar disorder.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Mapping the psychoanalytic literature on bipolar disorder: a scoping review of journal articles.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2023Article
- Brain stimulation treatment for bipolar disorder.Bipolar disorders · 2023Review
- Culturally adapted psychoeducation for bipolar disorder in a low-resource setting: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.BJPsych open · 2022Article
- Mathematical Model of Interaction of Therapist and Patients with Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
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- Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- Perceived Criticism and Family Attitudes as Predictors of Recurrence in Bipolar Disorder.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2022Article
- Treating Bipolar Disorder in Primary Care: Diagnosis, Pharmacology, and Management.International journal of general medicine · 2022Article
- Schema Therapy for Patients with Bipolar Disorder: Theoretical Framework and Application.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2022Review
- Compassion Focused Group Therapy for People With a Diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder: A Feasibility Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Telehealth Social Rhythm Therapy to Reduce Mood Symptoms and Suicide Risk Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Bipolar Disorder.American journal of psychotherapy · 2021Article
- A conceptual framework to develop a patient-reported experience measure of the quality of mental health care: a qualitative study of the PREMIUM project in France.Journal of market access & health policy · 2021Article
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Abstract
Although pharmacotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for bipolar disorder, medication offers only partial relief for patients. Treatment with pharmacologic interventions alone is associated with disappointingly low rates of remission, high rates of recurrence, residual symptoms, and psychosocial impairment. Bipolar-specific therapy is increasingly recommended as an essential component of illness management. This review summarizes the available data on psychotherapy for adults with bipolar disorder. We conducted a search of the literature for outcome studies published between 1995 and 2013 and identified 35 reports of 28 randomized controlled trials testing individual or group psychosocial interventions for adults with bipolar disorder. These reports include systematic trials investigating the efficacy and effectiveness of individual psychoeducation, group psychoeducation, individual cognitive-behavioral therapy, group cognitive-behavioral therapy, family therapy, interpersonal and social rhythm therapy, and integrated care management. The evidence demonstrates that bipolar disorder-specific psychotherapies, when added to medication for the treatment of bipolar disorder, consistently show advantages over medication alone on measures of symptom burden and risk of relapse. Whether delivered in a group or individual format, those who receive bipolar disorder-specific psychotherapy fare better than those who do not. Psychotherapeutic strategies common to most bipolar disorder-specific interventions are identified.
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