The Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: Integrative Clinical Strategies and Future Directions

Abstract

Bipolar disorder is a chronic and debilitating mental illness affecting a significant proportion of the world's population. It is associated with significant impairments in health-related quality of life and psychosocial functioning, and has significant illness-related morbidity and heightened mortality rates due to medical co-morbidities and suicide. The management of this disorder requires a complex combination of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions, which can be challenging for clinicians. Written by world experts in the field of bipolar disorder, The Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: Integrative Clinical Strategies and Future Directions provides readers with a concise and comprehensive guide to the integrative management of bipolar disorder. This book contains 31 chapters on the various management choices available, from both established and novel treatment areas, such as psycho-education, psychotherapeutic interventions, neuromodulatory approaches, and novel therapeutic targets. The complexity and diversity of the management choices available makes this a continually evolving field and necessitates forward thinking. By both discussing the current management of bipolar disorder and the future developments available, this book provides all clinicians working with patients with bipolar disorder an up-to-date and reflective guide to its management and what the future holds. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)