Treating Bipolar Disorder: A Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (Guides to Individualized Evidence-Based Treatment)

This innovative manual presents a powerful approach for helping people manage bipolar illness and protect against the recurrence of manic or depressive episodes. Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy focuses on stabilizing moods by improving medication adherence, building coping skills and relationship satisfaction, and shoring up the regularity of daily rhythms or routines. Each phase of this flexible, evidence-based treatment is vividly detailed, from screening, assessment, and case conceptualization through acute therapy, maintenance treatment, and periodic booster sessions. Among the spe.;Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; About the Author; Series Editor's Note; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction: Where Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy Came From; ONE. The Patients; TWO. Empirically Supported Theories of Bipolar Disorder and the Etiology of Bipolar Episodes; THREE. Empirically Supported Therapies for Bipolar Disorder; FOUR. A Brief Overview of Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy; FIVE. Assessment of Bipolar Disorders and Common Comorbidities; SIX. The Individualized Case Formulation: History Taking and the Interpersonal Inventory.

This innovative manual presents a powerful approach for helping people manage bipolar illness and protect against the recurrence of manic or depressive episodes. Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy focuses on stabilizing moods by improving medication adherence, building coping skills and relationship satisfaction, and shoring up the regularity of daily rhythms or routines. Each phase of this flexible, evidence-based treatment is vividly detailed, from screening, assessment, and case conceptualization through acute therapy, maintenance treatment, and periodic booster sessions. Among the special features are reproducible assessment tools and a chapter on how to overcome specific treatment challenges.

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Reviewer:Sheila M. Dowd, PhD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description:This book introduces the biopsychosocial model of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy for the treatment of bipolar disorder. It reviews the theoretical foundation and treatment including the assessment, case formulation, maintenance, and termination.
Purpose:The purpose is to describe the theory and practice of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) for the treatment of bipolar disorder. Evidence is building in support of combination therapies for the treatment of mental illness. Therefore, this is an important guide to the treatment of a very challenging illness and the book meets its overall objectives.
Audience:The target audience includes students and practitioners in the mental health field. As the author states, it is aimed at clinicians. The book provides all the necessary components to use this therapeutic intervention. Dr. Frank is a leading clinician in the field whose research in the treatment of bipolar disorder is well known.
Features:The book provides the steps necessary to implement IPSRT. It begins with the theoretical foundation, including a review of the empirically supported theories of bipolar disorder. The author provides an overview of IPSRT and several chapters on case formulation and treatment planning. Thankfully, the book includes the assessment tools used in IPSRT in the appendixes. Throughout the book, the author provides case examples and models the intervention with each of those patients. Due to the complexity of this illness, the author also focuses on strategies to cope with poor outcomes and concludes with issues surrounding maintenance and termination.
Assessment:This book provides a thorough introduction to a new approach in the treatment of a very complicated illness. The book clearly develops the theoretical foundation and the implementation of the intervention, providing useful strategies for the treatment of bipolar disorder.

"This manual presents a powerful approach for helping people manage bipolar illness and protect against the recurrence of manic or depressive episodes. From Ellen Frank, the developer of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) and a leading researcher and clinician in the field, the book details each phase of the treatment and marshals clear evidence for its effectiveness." "Providing all needed tools for implementing IPSRT, the book takes the clinician step by step from screening, assessment, and case conceptualization, through acute therapy, maintenance treatment, and periodic booster sessions. Interventions are grounded in the latest knowledge about the neurobiology, etiology, and course of bipolar disorder, and focus on addressing key potential pathways along which new affective episodes develop. Demonstrated are proven ways to stabilize moods by improving medication adherence, building coping skills and relationship satisfaction, and shoring up the regularity of daily rhythms or routines, even in times of stress. Patients are also given the opportunity to grieve for what Frank terms "the lost healthy self" and come to terms with how the disorder has altered their lives, thereby reducing denial and increasing acceptance of the lifelong nature of the illness. Throughout, rich case examples illustrate strategies for tailoring treatment to each patient's individual needs and current symptomatology. Special features of the volume include reproducible assessment tools and a chapter on how to overcome specific treatment challenges." "The first complete guide to this promising therapeutic approach, this highly practical book belongs on the desks of practitioners in clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, and related mental health fields. It may serve as a supplemental text in graduate-level seminars and clinical practica."--Jacket Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication About the Author Series Editor's Note Acknowledgments Contents Introduction: Where Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy Came From ONE. The Patients TWO. Empirically Supported Theories of Bipolar Disorder and the Etiology of Bipolar Episodes THREE. Empirically Supported Therapies for Bipolar Disorder FOUR. A Brief Overview of Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy FIVE. Assessment of Bipolar Disorders and Common Comorbidities SIX. The Individualized Case Formulation: History Taking and the Interpersonal Inventory. SEVEN. Orienting the Patient to Treatment and Individualized Treatment PlanningEIGHT. Symptom Management: Stabilizing Social Rhythms and Behavioral Activation NINE. Intervening in Interpersonal Problem Areas TEN. Intervening: Other Useful Interventions ELEVEN. Monitoring Progress and Enhancing Treatment Adherence TWELVE. The Therapeutic Relationship in Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy THIRTEEN. Poor Outcome and How to Handle It FOURTEEN. Tapering or Concluding Treatment Appendices APPENDIX 1. Social Rhythm Metric-II-Five-Item Version (SRM-II-5). APPENDIX 2. Score Calculation Instructions for the SRM-II-5APPENDIX 3. Social Rhythm Metric-II-17-Item Version (SRM-II-17) APPENDIX 4. Score Calculation Instructions for the SRM-II-17 APPENDIX 5. An Interview Guide for the Interpersonal Inventory APPENDIX 6. Therapist Checklist for Initial IPSRT Sessions APPENDIX 7. Social Rhythm Stabilization Schedule APPENDIX 8. Future Stabilization Goals Chart APPENDIX 9. Resources APPENDIX 10. Mood Disorder Monitoring Chart References Index. Presents a powerful approach for helping people manage bipolar illness and protect against the recurrence of manic or depressive episodes. The book vividly details each phase of the treatment and marshals clear eveidence for tis effectiveness. This is an invaluable contribution to the biopsychosocial treatment literature. Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) was conceived in a single day; actually, in a single flash of recognition on July 14, 1990.