Bipolar disorder and family communication: effects of a psychoeducational treatment program.
J Abnorm Psychol
; 108(4): 588-97, 1999 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
Family psychoeducational programs are efficacious adjuncts to pharmacotherapy for patients with schizophrenic and bipolar disorders, but little is known about what these programs change about families. The authors assessed changes in face-to-face interactional behavior over 1 year among families of bipolar patients who received a 9-month family-focused psychoeducational therapy (FFT; n = 22) or crisis management with naturalistic follow-up (CMNF; n = 22), both administered with maintenance pharmacotherapy. Members of families who received FFT showed more positive nonverbal interactional behavior during a 1-year posttreatment problem-solving assessment than families who received CMNF, although no corresponding decreases were seen in negative interactional behaviors. The positive effect of family treatment on patients' symptom trajectories over 1 year was partially mediated by increases in patients' positive nonverbal interactional behaviors during this same interval.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastorno Bipolar
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Comunicación
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Relaciones Familiares
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Terapia Familiar
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
J Abnorm Psychol
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos