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Caring for Bipolar Patients
• Recognition of the underlying illness impact
• Treatment selection
– There are no short term treatments
– Aim at the basic illness: may need integrated
treatments
• Use the patient’s life system
• Teach/learn to anticipate relapses
• The goal is collaborative mastery
• Recognition of the underlying illness impact
• Treatment selection
– There are no short term treatments
– Aim at the basic illness: may need integrated
treatments
• Use the patient’s life system
• Teach/learn to anticipate relapses
• The goal is collaborative mastery
