Therapies for Bipolar Disorder

 

Below are a few descriptions for therapies which are effective for bipolar disorder:

 

• Interpersonal social rhythm therapy (IPSRT)
  • Site: https://www.ipsrt.org/
  • “Is designed to help people improve their moods by understanding and working with their biological and social rhythms”
  • “A… therapy for people with mood disorders, and it emphasizes techniques to improve medication adherence, manage stressful life events, and reduce disruptions in social rhythms”

 

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar (CBT-B)
  • Site: http://www.healthline.com/health/bipolar-disorder/cognitive-behavioral-therapy
  • “CBT can be used in a number of ways, including:
    • preventing a relapse into those symptoms
    • managing symptoms of mental illnesses
    • learning effective coping techniques to help control emotions and stress
    • acting as an alternative treatment when medications are ineffective or not an option”

 

• Family-focused therapy for bipolar
  • Site: http://gracepointwellness.org/4-bipolar-disorder/article/11221-bipolar-disorder-treatment-family-focused-therapy-and-interpersonal-social-rhythm-therapy
  • “Family Focused Therapy or FFT is a hybrid of two forms of psychotherapy. It is both a variety of psychoeducation (a type of therapy whose main goal is to teach patients and their families about the nature of their illness), and also a variety of family therapy. Family therapies are distinguished from other forms of therapy by their attention to family dynamics and relationships as contributing factors that help or hurt illness.”

 

• Group psychoeducation
  • Site: http://www.brighthubeducation.com/parents-and-special-ed/97504-an-overview-of-psychoeducational-group-therapy/
  • “The purposes of psychoeducational group therapy include teaching the participants about their particular condition, such as depression, and reducing symptoms from occurring again. By being in a group setting, other patients who are going through the same difficulties can meet and discuss these issues.”

 

• Group functional remediation
  • Site: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115644/
  • “involves psychoeducation about cognitive dysfunctions and their impact on the general functioning”