Diagnostik und Therapie Bipolarer Störu

Do you need concise scientific recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorders? Would you like to engage with current knowledge gathered through a trialogue involving researchers, professionals, individuals affected, and their relatives? This handbook serves as a reference work and is based on the S3 guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy of bipolar disorders established by the German Society for Bipolar Disorders (DGBS) and the German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics, and Neurology (DGPPN). The recommendations are simplified and explained for those affected, their relatives, and professionals. For this purpose, individuals affected by bipolar disorders, their relatives, and therapists working in the field have reviewed and compiled current expert knowledge and their experiences through a trialogical exchange facilitated by the DGBS. The focus is on a treatment process that is grounded in equal exchange among all parties involved in the course of the illness.

Statement from an affected individual: “This handbook serves as a reference work. It provides guidance for everyday life with bipolar disorders even without medical background knowledge and enables a shared discussion about individual coping with the illness according to the trialogical understanding.”

Statement from a relative: “I wish that we, as affected relatives, would be included in the treatment process in the clinical setting just as this handbook from the DGBS suggests.”

Statement from a professional helper: “Numerous dedicated members of the DGBS have contributed their knowledge and personal experiences with the illness to this handbook. Professionals from all fields can also benefit from this compact and understandable explanation of the guidelines.”.