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Family focused treatment for patients with bipolar disorder in Turkey: a case series
- Authors:
- OZERDEM Aysegul, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Family Process, 48(3), September 2009, pp.417-428.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Family-focused therapy (FFT) is a 9-month, 21-session structured psychoeducational treatment for bipolar disorder. Several US-based studies have documented its efficacy as adjunctive to medication for depression stabilization and relapse prevention. However, FFT has never been applied outside of the United States. The objective of this case series is to explore the applicability of FFT in a non-Western culture. Ten patients with bipolar disorder and their family members attended the 9-month FFT as adjunctive to pharmacotherapy in an outpatient specialty clinic in Izmir, Turkey. Patients improved in Global Assessment of Functioning Scores and Clinical Global Impression Scores from pre- to posttreatment. Case studies are given, which illustrate the differences between Western and non-Western families coping with bipolar disorder. FFT was easily applied to a Turkish sample with few changes in format or focus. Adaptations included substitution of oral for written therapeutic tasks or homework assignments.
Thematic review of family therapy journals 2009
- Author:
- CARR Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Therapy, 32(4), November 2010, pp.409-427.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Developments in many areas where published in 2009 in English-language family therapy journals. This review highlights many of the significant articles found in the fields of narrative therapy, child-focused problems, adult-focused problems, substance abuse across the lifespan, illness across the lifespan, family violence, couples, diversity, and developments in systemic practice, training and research. Overall, the review showed that knowledge in family therapy saw steady growth in 2009. There were important developments in systemic interventions for family violence and working with ethnic minorities. The review highlights the contributions made to family therapy training, as an evidence-based approach for a wide range of problems. Also, the review describes the expansion of the evidence-base for child, adult and couple focused problems, physical illness, and substance misuse.
Evidence-based research on the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder
- Author:
- BUILA Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 7(6), 2009, pp.572-586.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A review of evidence-based research on the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder is presented with a discussion of implications for practice. Evidence-based is defined as studies conducted using randomised controlled trials. Psychosocial interventions included psychoeducation, cognitive behavioural therapy, family-focused therapy, and interpersonal and social rhythm therapy. The author concludes that studies of psychosocial interventions demonstrate effectiveness in medication adherence, relapse prevention, decreased hospitalisations, and improved social and occupational functioning. Although it appears that psychosocial interventions would benefit most persons with bipolar disorder and their families, most of the studies reviewed focused on subjects well enough to participate in research. These interventions may be more effective with persons who have less severe or less chronic manifestations of bipolar disorder. The evidence is not definitive but it is promising that psychosocial interventions have benefit beyond routine clinical care and medications for subjects with bipolar disorder.
Rutter's child and adolescent psychiatry
- Authors:
- RUTTER Michael, et al
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 1230p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
- Edition:
- 5th ed.
This textbook provides an accurate and comprehensive account of current knowledge, through the integration of empirical findings with clinical experience and practice. this new edition provides an appraisal of the current state of the field to help trainee and practising clinicians in their daily work. The writing is both interdisciplinary and international, in its integration of science and clinical practice, and in its practical discussion of how researchers and practitioners need to think about conflicting or uncertain findings. Topics covered include; neurochemistry and basic pharmacology; brain imaging, health economics; psychopathology in refugees and asylum seekers; bipolar disorder; attachment disorders; and statistical methods for clinicians. It is aimed at professionals working in the field of child and adolescent mental health, and clinicians working in general practice and community paediatric settings.
Parental psychiatric disorder: distressed parents and their families
- Editor:
- GOPFERT Michael
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 406p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
- Edition:
- 2nd
Perhaps as many as 50 in every 100 mentally ill patients are parents living with their children. It is well established that mental illness in a parent seriously and often adversely affects their children's development, though strangely this is not adequately reflected in clinical service provision. This book covers hitherto uncharted territory. By drawing together clinical experience from a wide range of centres, it effectively addresses the needs of mentally ill parents and their children; helping to bridge the current gap between adult and children's services and foster a family oriented perspective. The wide range of editorial experience from both social work and psychiatry at research and clinical levels are vital attributes in providing depth and breadth to this multidisciplinary volume. Enlivened by case vignettes, the coverage ranges from medical and general psychological and psychiatric issues through to intervention strategies and clinical service provision.