Meeting the growing demand for resources on evidence-based practice, this acclaimed work
has now been fully revised and expanded with the latest treatment data. Like its …

Background Diagnosis of child mania has been contentious. Objective To investigate natural
history and prospective validation of the existence and long-episode duration of mania in …

Background Pharmacological treatments are the principal intervention for bipolar disorder.
Alone, however, they are not sufficient to control symptoms and maintain psychosocial …

OBJECTIVE: Longitudinal outcomes of bipolar disorder with onset in the late teenage years
or in adulthood have been reported, but little is known about the natural history of childhood …

Background: Environmental stress has an important role in the course of bipolar disorder.
Some findings have shown that family beliefs about the illness could predict family burden …

In a waiting-list controlled study on a multi-family psycho-educational intervention in bipolar
disorder, key relatives in the treatment group showed a significant change from high to low …

The purpose of the present study is to compare results from the 12-item General Functioning
Scale (GF-FAD) of the Family Assessment Device (FAD) to a three-item version, the Brief …

Objective: To use the Five Minute Speech Sample (FMSS) to assess Expressed Emotion
(EE) in various samples of children with asthma in order to clarify (1) developmental and …

Background. In recent years, several controlled studies could show that psychoeducational
interventions have been effective for relapse prevention in bipolar disorders. We therefore …

There has been significant improvement in available treatments for Bipolar Mood Disorder
(BMD) during the past few years. However, this disorder still causes difficulties for the …