Psychosocial interventions have been shown to enhance pharmacotherapy outcomes in bipolar affective disorder (BAD). This article describes an application of psychosocial intervention as the additional therapy for BAD. In this case report we present the course of illness, psychological features and specific chronic stress of a patient with BAD. Following the recent guidelines, we applied the pha...

BACKGROUND Current clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) offer contradictory recommendations regarding use of medications or psychotherapy as first-line treatment. Direct head-to-head comparisons are lacking. METHODS Systemic review of Medline, EMBASE, PILOTS, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycINFO, and Global Health Library was conduct...

background: the measure of expressed emotion (ee) has been extensively used for the investigation of family interaction in different clinical populations. however, very few clinical data exist which clarify the nature of the relationship between family ee and eating disorders, as well as the prognostic value of the ee variables. objective: the purpose of this study is to determine if family ee ...

The tradition in many schools of psychotherapy has been the exclusion of peopleexperiencing psychosis or the suspension of psychotherapy when psychosis emerges. In thispaper it is argued that those who experience psychosis have a need for psychotherapeuticassistance. Health professionals involved in the care of people with psychosis ought tointeract in a psychotherapeutic manner...

BACKGROUND A limited number of psychotherapy sessions in combination with medication is preferable to pharmacotherapy only in the treatment of ambulatory patients with major depression. Whether there is a relation between the number of sessions and the efficacy of the treatment is uncertain. METHOD Randomized clinical trial comparing two treatment conditions in outpatients with major depressi...

Although pharmacological treatment constitutes the main therapeutic approach for depression, non-pharmacological treatments (self-care or psychotherapeutic approach) are usually regarded as more essential therapeutic approaches in clinical practice. However, there have been few clinical practice guidelines concerning self-care or psychotherapy in the management of depression. This study introdu...

Alcoholism is becoming one of the most serious issues in Korea. The purpose of this review article was to understand the present status of the treatment system for alcoholism in Korea compared to the United States and to suggest its developmental direction in Korea. Current modalities of alcoholism treatment in Korea including withdrawal treatment, pharmacotherapy, and psychosocial treatment ar...