Bipolar

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is widely used in conjunction with medication to help control the symptoms of bipolar. Part of the therapy is to help the person to overcome the swings of mood, from mania to depression, and to recover from the psychological effects of those mood swings. Usually the symptoms will recur, frequently as the result of some event, sometimes spontaneously. Helping the person to be prepared and to recognize the symptoms is part of the clinician’s task.

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From http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/psychotherapy-and-bipolar-disorder?pp=1
The cognitive therapist begins by helping the patient identify which negative behavior patterns he would like to work on. Together, they identify what kinds of thoughts and feelings precipitate these behaviors.
Next, the therapist helps the patient figure out strategies for replacing thoughts that have negative consequences with new thoughts that have positive consequences. In other words, the cognitive therapist helps you “think yourself well.”

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From http://www.sfbacct.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=73
Cognitive-behavioral model of bipolar disorder
Aaron T. Beck’s cognitive theory proposes that individuals who have a biological vulnerability to bipolar disorder and who hold problematic beliefs about themselves (e.g., the belief that they are worthless) can, when those vulnerabilities and beliefs are activated by life stressors, experience symptoms of bipolar disorder. Symptoms, in the cognitive-behavioral model, are made up of emotions (e.g., depression or elation), thoughts (e.g, "I’m worthless," or "I’m amazingly talented") and behaviors (e.g., passivity or excessive activity).

Cognitive-behavior therapy for bipolar disorder
Cognitive-behavioral interventions typically include helping the person with bipolar disorder to:
•identify and change the thinking (cognitions) and behaviors that accompany depressed and elated emotions, with the notion that if the cognitions and behaviors change, the emotions will also change;
•establish a regular routine of daily activities, especially a regular sleep-wake cycle, as this regularity can help stabilize mood and behavior;
•identify early signs of depression or mania so that early action can be taken to head off large mood swings;
•identify reasonable goals and reasonable levels of activity to accomplish them;
•rely on family members to help provide feedback and moderated activity and thinking;
•understand the need for medication and overcome obstacles to taking it regularly.

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So this is a VERY simplistic look at CBT, but hopefully you get the point!
Good luck with your homework!

EDIT: To "Katie W" some people who are PSYCHOTIC can also experience "these" and realize that they are not real. Just as people who are not psychotic may experience "these" & not realize there is anything wrong

EDIT II: You usually dont have a session of CBT, It is usually integrated as part of talk/group therapy.

Instead of man made laws,if we knew the laws of Nature we wouldn’t have to subject ourselves to therapies and philosophies that make our lives feel like we are running in circles and getting no where fast. Here are some interesting links that talk about the laws of nature. Hope they help.
Hope things get better for you man…Peace

Law of Interdependency
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKyk_QG_LXA

Law of Motivation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHACD8iIKz8

Law of Purpose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbAghRsyVg0

Law of Success
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu_1vV3gJhA

Law of Necessity & Surplus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XAwIQTF_60

It is helpful for many mental illnesses or disorders, for example it can be helpful for eating disorders and I think OCD.

If you’re really keen to look into what CBT is there are books available and essays and websites published online to give information.

Hope this helps a little bit.

To be honest, I’ve never heard of it until now. I was doing a bit of Googling but I was just wondering if anyone had any personal experience with it (if so, did it help?) or was familiar with it in any way?

Thanks for any answers.

Yes, it has been the most helpful thing to me in my battle with clinical depression. Frankly, I believe it is the only thing along with meds to take the edge off that has helped me thru the years. It gives you a new way to see life and others and how to deal with them. It helps you see how you have gotten yourself into the negative moods nd depressed situation. I learned that I have a choice in how I can view a situation and feel about it. It’s really quite practical and amazing at the same time.

Does it work?

Are you feeling any better?

Good point Mr B.
CBT would normally involve a therapist or counsellor, teasing out the ‘patient’s’ thoughts – on the rather dubious theory that thoughts govern our behaviour and both can be changed. Saturday’s dire result clearly led to the voluntary expression of many confused and anguished thoughts and I doubt such public soul baring did anything to ease the pain, the shock, the devastating blow to Mancs’ self-esteem and identification with success and self-glorification.
I’m not sure any type of therapy would help United fans – apart, perhaps, from opiates and allowing time to heal. It’s impossible to analyse the root cause(s) of United’s disshevelled, lack-lustre performance.
One sad case, obviously in a state of denial about Rednose’s competence as regards team selection, posted an especially banal Q – reminding us all of SAF’s "fantastic" record and seeking confirmation that he was "irreplaceable".
Poor chap – I fear for his mental state if United’s decline continues at the present rate and they end up without any trophies this year, as seems increasingly likely to many – apart from the die-hard fans unable to face reality.

Should we have a "Be nice to United fans week" ?

OK – what about a day – or an afternoon ?

Or would a minute’s silence be asking too much ?

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