Psychoeducation for Bipolar Mood Disorder

There has been significant improvement in available treatments for Bipolar Mood Disorder (BMD) during the past few years. However, this disorder still causes difficulties for the patients, their families, and the society (Kleinman et al., 2003). Overall studies have demonstrated that this disease affects patients‘ entire family and may weaken its strengths and adaptive abilities (Barry, 2001). Unavoidable poor outcome of this illness and their recurrent nature have put BMD among the most debilitating disorders, and has lead researchers to pay more attention to its treatment (Miklowitz et al., 2004). Based on the results of different studies, this disorder stands at the 6th or 7th place among other debilitating disorders worldwide (Calabrese, et al. 2003; Chisholm, et al. 2005; Simon et al., 2006). According to World Health Organization (WHO), mood disorders are one of the most important worldwide health issues of the 21st century (Boyd, 2007).