Managing the cognitive difficulties experienced in bipolar disorder poses a significant challenge to patients, relatives, researchers and clinicians. This book equips readers with a thorough understanding of these cognitive deficits and, importantly, the usefulness of current treatment approaches, such as remediation, to improve functional recovery. This manual guides readers in the application of the functional remediation programme, providing a collection of materials enabling therapists to run group sessions. The first part focuses on cognitive deficits and their impact on functional recovery. The second part describes the operation of the programme, session by session, with reference to handouts and slides available for download from an accompanying website. Topics covered include memory, attention, and executive functions. The final part describes the efficacy of this programme, particularly the functional improvements seen in participants. An essential resource for psychologists, psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals caring for patients with bipolar disorder.
Presents a novel, evidence-based psychological intervention to help therapists manage cognitive and functional deficits in bipolar disorder patients.About the AuthorEduard Vieta is Director of the Bipolar Disorders Program, Clinical Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Barcelona, Catalonia, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Spain. Carla Torrent is a Senior Researcher at the Bipolar Disorders Program, Clinical Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, and investigator at the Spanish CIBERSAM, Spain. Anabel Martinez-Aran is a clinical psychologist at the Bipolar Disorders Program, Clinical Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Catalonia, Spain.
Book InformationISBN 9781107663329
Author Eduard VietaFormat Paperback
Page Count 142
Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 440g
Dimensions(mm) 298mm * 211mm * 8mm