Focus
- Volume 12
- Number 3
- July 2014
From the Guest Editor
Clinical Synthesis
Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages251–266Although pharmacotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for bipolar disorder, medication offers only partial relief for patients. This review summarizes the available data on psychotherapy for adults with bipolar disorder.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.12.3.251Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages267–274CBT has been established as an empirically supported treatment for virtually any mental disorder and has usually been conducted in face-to-face individual or group format. In recent years, newer CBT treatments have been developed, including meta-cognitive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.12.3.267Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages275–284Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a time-limited psychotherapy that focuses on relationship stressors and ways to adaptively engage with social supports. With its clear clinical guidelines, therapist- and patient-friendly approach, and data supporting ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.12.3.275Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages285–289This article reviews the meaning, use, and utility of supportive psychotherapy, a widespread treatment with an undeservedly malign birthright and history. This entails sorting through the historical definitions of supportive therapy and reviewing its good ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.12.3.285Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages290–298Technological advances in neuroimaging have enabled researchers to examine, in vivo, the relationship between psychotherapeutic interventions and markers of brain activity. This review focuses on two kinds of neuroimaging studies in psychotherapy: those ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.12.3.290Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages299–308Anxiety and depressive disorders are highly prevalent, but fewer than half of those who meet diagnostic criteria seek treatment each year. Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) may improve access to evidence-based psychological treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.12.3.299Influential Publications
Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages324–335Objective The efficacy of psychodynamic therapies for depression remains open to debate because of a paucity of high-quality studies. The authors compared the efficacy of psychodynamic therapy with that of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), hypothesizing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.12.3.324Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages336–346Background Dose–effect relationship data suggest that short-term psychotherapy is insufficient for many patients with chronic distress or personality disorders (complex mental disorders). Aims To examine the comparative efficacy of long-term psychodynamic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.12.3.336Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages347–358We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized trials in which the effects of treatment with antidepressant medication were compared to the effects of combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in adults with a diagnosed depressive or anxiety disorder. A ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.12.3.347Publication date: 01 July 2014
Pages359–371Objective Psychotherapy has long been recommended as adjunctive to pharmacotherapy for bipolar disorder, but it is unclear which interventions are effective for which patients, over what intervals, and for what domains of outcome. This article reviews ...
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