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The Role and Impact of Psychotherapy in the Management of Bipolar Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Michael W. Otto  and
David J. Miklowitz
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Abstract

A growing body of evidence documents the value of structured psychotherapeutic interventions for the co-management of bipolar disorder in the context of ongoing medication treatment. This article reviews the rationale, elements, and outcomes for those psychosocial treatments for bipolar disorder that have been emmined in randomized trials. The available evidence suggests that interventions delivered in individual, group, or family settings, can provide significant benefit to patients undergoing pharmaco-theraby for bibolar disorder.

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Research Article
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 9 , Issue S12: Unmasking Bipolar Disorder: Overcoming the Barriers to Treatment Success , November 2004 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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