A5060958209- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Family Support in Illness
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Child Abuse and Trauma
University of Pittsburgh
2016-2025
University of Toronto
2009-2024
Queen's University
2024
University of British Columbia
2024
GGZ inGeest
2023
Leiden University
2023
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2023
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
2023
Stanford University
2023
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2005-2022
<h3>Context</h3> Numerous studies have pointed to the failure of prophylaxis with pharmacotherapy alone in treat ment bipolar I disorder. Recent investigations demonstrated benefits from addition psychoeducation or psychotherapy this population. <h3>Objective</h3> To compare 2 psychosocial interventions: interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) an intensive clinical management (ICM) approach treatment <h3>Design</h3> Randomized controlled trial involving 4 strategies: acute...
OBJECTIVE: Diagnosis-specific, proven efficacious treatments are a major recent advance in psychiatry. Appropriate use of such presupposes patients who meet the diagnostic criteria and clinicians have accurately diagnosed target disorder comorbid conditions. Since little is known about whether these prerequisites commonly met, authors conducted study at two community treatment sites to determine frequency various axis I diagnoses concordance between recorded patient charts those obtained by...
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Objectives-Depression during pregnancy is one of the strongest predictors postpartum depression, which, in turn, has deleterious, lasting effects on infant and child well-being mother's father's mental health.The primary question guiding this randomized controlled trial was, Does culturally relevant, enhanced brief interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-B) confer greater advantages to low-income, pregnant women than those that accrue from usual care treating depression population?Enhanced IPT-B a...
Article AbstractBackground: Obesity is a major public health concern in the United States and its prevalence increasing. Individuals with bipolar disorder tend to be overweight, their treatment may exacerbate obesity increase risk of concurrent medical disease this population. Method: This retrospective report from Pittsburgh Study Maintenance Therapies Bipolar Disorder examines overweight (body mass index =25.0-29.9) (BMI >= 30.0) 50 consecutive subjects I (DSM-IV) evaluates weight change...
Depression during pregnancy is one of the strongest predictors postpartum depression, which, in turn, has deleterious, lasting effects on infant and child well-being mother's father's mental health. The primary question guiding this randomized controlled trial was, Does culturally relevant, enhanced brief interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-B) confer greater advantages to low-income, pregnant women than those that accrue from usual care treating depression population? Enhanced IPT-B a...
Objective: Recent studies demonstrate the poor psychosocial outcomes associated with bipolar disorder. Occupational functioning, a key indicator of disability, is often severely affected by The authors describe effect acute treatment interpersonal and social rhythm therapy on occupational functioning over period approximately 2.5 years. Method: Patients I disorder were randomly assigned to receive either maintenance therapy, intensive clinical management, or management all appropriate...
Objective: Depressed mothers of children with psychiatric illness struggle both their own disorder and the demands caring for ill children. When maternal depression remains untreated, suffer, in offspring is less likely to improve. This randomized, controlled trial compared interpersonal psychotherapy depressed (IPT-MOMS), a nine-session intervention based on standard psychotherapy, treatment as usual psychiatrically offspring. Method: Forty-seven meeting DSM-IV criteria major were recruited...
Bipolar disorder is characterized by frequent recurrences, often related to noncompliance with drug treatment, stressful life events, and disruptions in social rhythms. Interpersonal rhythm therapy (IPSRT) was designed directly address these problem areas. This article discusses the circadian basis of IPSRT importance stable daily routines maintenance euthymic state, as well two large controlled trials which empirically support this intervention. The authors discuss advantages an acute...
Objective: The authors sought to determine whether a greater frequency of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) sessions during maintenance treatment has prophylactic effect than previously validated once-a-month treatment. Method: A total 233 women 20–60 years age with recurrent unipolar depression were treated in an outpatient research clinic. After participants had achieved remission weekly IPT or, if required, plus antidepressant pharmacotherapy, they randomly assigned weekly, twice-monthly,...
The tendency for patients with bipolar II disorder to present depressive symptoms rather than hypomanic can lead a misdiagnosis of unipolar depression. These are often treated antidepressants, which may be inappropriate due the risk inducing manic switching or rapid cycling. Misdiagnosis and mistreatment nontreatment substantial psychosocial dysfunction, best addressed in context psychotherapy. Psychotherapy conjunction pharmacotherapy has been shown an effective treatment disorder, but more...
Abstract This study evaluated whether exposure to maternal pre- or postnatal depression anxiety symptoms predicted psychopathology in adolescent offspring. Growth mixture modeling was used identify trajectories of and 577 women low socioeconomic status selected from a prenatal clinic. Logistic regression models indicated that trajectory not associated with offspring major depression, anxiety, conduct disorder, but the high lower males. Exposure medium risk disorder among Male exposed had...
OBJECTIVE: Lifetime rates of suicide attempts among patients with bipolar I disorder were compared to during a 2-year period intensive treatment pharmacotherapy and one two adjunctive psychosocial interventions. METHOD: Subjects entered the study an acute mood episode. treated primarily lithium either psychotherapy specific disorder, which included help in regularizing daily routines, or nonspecific, clinical management involving regular visits empathic clinicians. Data on prior obtained...
Background Childhood abuse and neglect have been linked with increased risks of adverse mental health outcomes in adulthood may moderate or predict response to depression treatment. In a small randomized controlled trial treating diverse sample nontreatment-seeking, pregnant, low-income women, we hypothesized that childhood trauma exposure would changes symptoms functioning over time for women assigned usual care (UC), but not brief interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-B) followed by maintenance...
Although bipolar II disorder is a highly prevalent, chronic illness that associated with burdensome psychosocial impairment, relatively little known about the best ways to treat disorder.Moreover, interventions for management of have been largely unexplored, leaving psychologists few evidence-based recommendations treatment practices.In this article, we provide information interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT), an empirically supported I has preliminary evidence supporting its...
Bipolar II disorder (BP-II) is associated with marked morbidity and mortality. Quetiapine, the treatment greatest evidence for efficacy in BP-II depression, metabolic burden. Psychotherapy, a few side effects, has not been systematically evaluated BP-II. This study compared psychotherapy plus placebo to pharmacotherapy as treatments depression.
Back to table of contents Next article EditorialFull AccessThe Role Psychotherapy During the COVID-19 PandemicHolly A. Swartz, M.D.Holly M.D.Published Online:9 Jun 2020https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20200015AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail In wake viral pandemic, world will likely experience a serious mental health crisis (1, 2). Even as first wave infection passes, stressors associated with...