eir thoughts and behavior about their needed medication, their mood was changed. They had fewer mood swings and hospitalizations; more appropriate thoughts and behaviors because they were taking their meds. How this chapter makes a unique contribution This chapter presented several different research studies that illustrated what interventions actually help clients to get well. It also could assist mental health professionals in implementing these interventions. The CBT research study presented in this chapter was the only study illustrated (in this chapter) that met some of the high standards of research efficacy. This project had a control group, randomly assigned participants to control groups and participants were observed over-time. These standards are important for mental health professionals who want to evaluate these research studies so they can decide if they want to implement them into their treatment programs.Compare/contrast Compare with article below because they both cite 1984 Cochran study to prove the efficacy of CBT. 1984 Cochran study – patients were assigned to 6-week CBT intervention. Less likely than the standard group to be rated as having major adherence problems, terminating meds against medical advise, having nonadherence precipitated episodes or being hospitalized. This was a short term intervention and the results pertain to only 3 – 6 months post treatment followupsBasco, M. R. & Rush, A. J. (1996). Cognitive-Behavior therapy for bipolar disorder: An overview. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for bipolar disease. New York, NY: Guilford Press.Key points: The chapter began with a description of the disease process of this mental illness as being chronic and recurrent. It then went on to extensively discuss research results concerning CBT, the goals of CBT, how CBT interventions work and how therapists can apply these interventions in their treatment plans. An analysis of the evidence of the ...
