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Published Online: 1981, pp. 157–307

Group Therapy in the Management of Manic-Depressive Illness

Fred R. Volkmar, M.D., Sandra Bacon, M.S.W., Saad A. Shakir, M.D., and Adolf Pfefferbaum, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 35, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.2.226

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Abstract

Patients with bipolar affective illness have often been viewed as poor candidates for psychotherapy. In this report we present the results of a long-term psychotherapy group composed exclusively of manic-depressive patients. Groups of this kind may offer a simple, cost-effective adjunct to lithium prophylaxis. They offer the advantages of psychotherapy to a group of patients whom mental health professional have regarded as resistant to it.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 35 • Number 2 • 1981, pp. 157–307

Pages: 226 - 234

PubMed: 7258419

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Published in print: 1981, pp. 157–307

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Fred R. Volkmar, M.D.^†

Stanford, Cal.

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Sandra Bacon, M.S.W.

Stanford, Cal.

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Saad A. Shakir, M.D.

Stanford, Cal.

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Adolf Pfefferbaum, M.D.

Stanford, Cal.

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Notes

Supported in part by NIMH Training Grant #MH-11028-12. An earlier version of this paper was presented May 7, 1980, at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, CA.

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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine; Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital. Mailing address: Dr. Fred R. Volkmar, Child Study Center, Yale University, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT. 06401.

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Group Therapy in the Management of Manic-Depressive Illness

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