Talk Therapy May Determine Future Moods of People with Bipolar
April 21st, 2011
Psychologists believe that the moods in bipolar clients can be predicted. New research shows that people who participate in cognitive behavioral therapy respond better to normal emotional highs and lows. “Individuals who believed extreme things about their moods — for example that their moods were completely out of their own control or that they had to keep active all the time to prevent becoming a failure — developed more mood problems in a month’s time,” said Dr Warren Mansell, of Manchester’s School of Psychological Sciences and lead author of the study. “These findings are encouraging for talking therapies — such as CBT — that aim to help patients to talk about their moods and change their thinking about them.”
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Is there some suggestive thinking involved here?
So the therapist can get an idea of how the patient’s gonna react to something…seems like an okay idea because it really is giving no real solution but is only keeping us prepared…!
It’s good that we get more understanding on bipolar disorders. I guess it’s a good thing to have a manic level of happiness but the fact that it can change too swiftly cancels it out and then some. That must be very difficult to live with.
I’m sure it can be predicted. I don’t believe things happen coincidentally. I believe that with sufficient knowledge, you can predict everything with 100% accuracy. It’s a rather odd theory I know but when you have all the knowledge you need, how can you possibly get it wrong?
@Steph–Considering that sufferers have these specific disorders and they all fall under specific criteria, it makes sense that we can understand them to this level and apply that understanding to the majority.
Do you even want to be able to predict the low swings? I don’t think it would be a good way to live if you can say “In about five minutes I will crawl into a corner and cry my eyes out for roughly an hour” and be right.
I would definitely want to be able to predict them! I could plan my life more successfully around that. Knowing when would be a good time to socialize or be alone for example.
Y’all should try being menopausal if you think not knowing when you’ll have a mood swing would be okay. I cry over trivialities like not being able to match up pairs of socks some days. Fun, fun, fun!
Awareness needs to focus on dispelling myths more than telling us what we already know. There are people out there that still believe that schizophrenia is the same as having multiple personalities. It’s the same with sex addiction. People don’t realize it’s a genuine medical condition that is heavily misunderstood.
Sometimes when people feel sad, they say they are “depressed.” But depression is more than just feeling sad. It is a medical illness. Someone with “major” depression has most or all of the symptoms listed in the box below nearly every day for 2 weeks or longer. There is also a “minor” form of depression (called dysthymia) where the symptoms are less severe. Dysthymia can be just as serious because it often includes short periods where the you may feel better, which could make you think there isn’t a problem. Both major and minor depression have the same causes and treatment.
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