This review shows a beneficial effect of EWS in time to recurrence , percentage of people hospitalised and functioning in people with bipolar disorder .
BACKGROUND Recurrence rates for bipolar disorder are high despite effective treatments with mood stabiliser drugs .
Self-help treatments and psychological treatments that teach patients to recognise and manage early warning symptoms and signs ( EWS ) of impending manic or depressive episodes are popular with patients .
The main aim of such interventions is to intervene early and prevent bipolar episodes , thereby increasing the time to the next recurrence and preventing hospitalisation .
OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness of an EWS intervention plus treatment as usual ( TAU ) versus TAU ( involving and not involving a psychological therapy ) on time to manic , depressive and all bipolar episodes ( the primary outcome ) , hospitalisation , functioning , depressive and manic symptoms .
An evaluation of a six-week intervention designed to facilitate coping with psychological stress.
Community dwelling Korean adults ( N = 40 ) coping with the stress of severe mental illness were r and omly assigned to a six-week differentiation furthering intervention ( experimental ) or a directed problem-solving treatment program ( control ) and administered pre- and posttreatment measures including the Morey Personality Assessment Screener ( PAS ) and Group Embedded Figures Test ( GEFT ) . As predicted , the experimental group showed greater improvement on 6 out of 10 mental health subscales ( PAS ) and on the GEFT than the controls . For the entire sample , differentiation gainers showed more improvement on three PAS subscales compared with the no change or loss in differentiation groups . A three-month follow-up showed greater attendance at mental health appointments for the experimental group over controls and for total sample differentiation gainers over nongainers . Implication s are discussed of this empirically tested model of a community intervention to facilitate coping with stress and enhancing competence
This review shows a beneficial effect of EWS in time to recurrence , percentage of people hospitalised and functioning in people with bipolar disorder .
BACKGROUND Recurrence rates for bipolar disorder are high despite effective treatments with mood stabiliser drugs .
Self-help treatments and psychological treatments that teach patients to recognise and manage early warning symptoms and signs ( EWS ) of impending manic or depressive episodes are popular with patients .
The main aim of such interventions is to intervene early and prevent bipolar episodes , thereby increasing the time to the next recurrence and preventing hospitalisation .
OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness of an EWS intervention plus treatment as usual ( TAU ) versus TAU ( involving and not involving a psychological therapy ) on time to manic , depressive and all bipolar episodes ( the primary outcome ) , hospitalisation , functioning , depressive and manic symptoms .