Bipolar Disorder and Psychotherapy

Bipolar Disorder and Psychotherapy Dr Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. This article gives a very brief overview of bipolar disorder and its psychotherapeutic treatment. Keywords: bipolar disorder, psychotherapy Make an Appointment with Dr Jonathan Haverkampf Table of Contents Symptoms. 3 Mood. 3 (Hypo)Mania. 3 Co-Morbidity. 3 The Disturbed Timeline. 4 Low Self-Esteem.. 4 Treatment. 5 Hypomania and

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OCD and Psychotherapy (4)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a condition in which people feel the need to check things repeatedly, perform certain routines repeatedly (‘rituals’), or have certain thoughts repeatedly. People are unable to control either the thoughts or the activities for any longer periods of time. Suppressing the behavior or thoughts often causes intense feelings of anxiety, tension, nervousness and

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PTSD and Psychotherapy (1)

The majority of patients treated with psychotherapy for PTSD in randomized trials recover or improve. However, several of them continue to have residual symptoms or may even get worse over time. Commonly used therapeutic approaches, particularly cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), may only provide ‘short fixes’ that ignore the underlying problems. To deal with the trauma

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Intepersonal Psychotherapy and Exposure Therapies for PTSD (1)

Interpersonal Psychotherapy is a non-exposure-based PTSD treatment. Patients focus on current interpersonal encounters rather than past traumas. This approach may avoid some of the disadvantages of exposure oriented therapies, such as their lack of focus on individual processes, high attrition rates, lower effectiveness for symptoms of depression, association with fear induction and possible short-lived positive

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