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Bipolar disorder: What can psychotherapists learn from the cognitive research?
Author(s) -
Johnson Sheri,
Tran Tanya
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20361
Subject(s) - bipolar disorder , psychology , cognition , clinical psychology , clinical practice , psychotherapist , depression (economics) , psychiatry , medicine , family medicine , economics , macroeconomics
Randomized controlled trials of psychological treatment, principally cognitive therapy, for bipolar disorder have yielded inconsistent results. Given the status of this evidentiary base, we provide a more fine‐grained analysis of the cognitive profiles associated with bipolar disorder to inform clinical practice. In this practice‐friendly review, we consider evidence that both negative and positive cognitive styles are related to bipolar disorder. Cross‐sectional and prospective evidence suggest that negative cognitive styles are related to depression within bipolar disorder, but there also is evidence that bipolar disorder is related to an elevated focus on goals as well as to increases in confidence during manic states. With such findings as backdrop, we consider the outcomes of psychological treatments for bipolar disorder and advance several suggestions for clinical practice. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 63: 425–432, 2007.