Instead
of becoming knowledgeable and competent in the attachment system, and personality disorder pathology, and family systems
therapy so they can diagnose and confirm the pathology in the first three
sessions, mental health professional are allowed to be ignorant and incompetent regarding real
forms of pathology
as long
as they profess their competence in a make - believe
form of pathology, «parental alienation.»
«Some professionals view this treatment
as deprogramming a child from false messages inculcated by the other parent,» says Benmor, with various
forms of this type
of treatment introduced over the last decade — from regular
therapy sessions with the child and / or the parents, to a more intensive version that involves removing the child from the favoured parent, confining the child to a location away from home, and conducting intensive
sessions with the rejected parent.
A study
of individual cognitive
therapy for bipolar disorder showed positive outcomes at 1 - year follow - up, but the benefits were reduced over time, suggesting the need for booster
sessions to sustain the gains.19
As with many forms of therapy, CBT has been found to be more successful in reducing relapse in the depressive pole compared with the manic pole.30 A large randomised trial of CBT showed no difference between CBT and treatment as usual, when all participants were included in the analyses.31 However, results of a post-hoc analysis suggested that CBT was effective for participants who reported fewer than 12 prior episodes of illness and were not acutely unwell when therapy began; numbers of episodes of mania rather than depression seemed to predict treatment response.32 Such data can help guide the clinical application of CBT for bipolar patient
As with many
forms of therapy, CBT has been found to be more successful in reducing relapse in the depressive pole compared with the manic pole.30 A large randomised trial
of CBT showed no difference between CBT and treatment
as usual, when all participants were included in the analyses.31 However, results of a post-hoc analysis suggested that CBT was effective for participants who reported fewer than 12 prior episodes of illness and were not acutely unwell when therapy began; numbers of episodes of mania rather than depression seemed to predict treatment response.32 Such data can help guide the clinical application of CBT for bipolar patient
as usual, when all participants were included in the analyses.31 However, results
of a post-hoc analysis suggested that CBT was effective for participants who reported fewer than 12 prior episodes
of illness and were not acutely unwell when
therapy began; numbers
of episodes
of mania rather than depression seemed to predict treatment response.32 Such data can help guide the clinical application
of CBT for bipolar patients.