Self Help For Mood Disorders

 

Seeking Professional Help

Self-help has an important role in helping people manage psychological problems. However, especially if you are having suicidal thoughts, severe hopelessness, persistent depression or hypomanic episodes or episodes of psychosis where you are hearing voices or having odd or unusual thoughts that are causing significant distress, you should consider getting professional help. It appears that only certain specific structured and directive psychotherapies, including cognitive behavioral therapy, are particularly helpful in terms of being effective in addressing problems with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and psychosis.
 

Downloadable Files  (To Download PDF Files Right Click and Press "Save Target As")
1) Advances in Psychotherapy Flyer Download An article about the effectiveness of EBT.
2) CBT with Older Adults Download Dr. Reiser's presentation on CBT with older adults.
3) EBT for Bipolar Disorder Download Dr. Reiser's presentation about EBT for Bipolar Disorder for EMQ Children and Family Services.
4) HIPAA Policies and Practices Download Standard HIPAA Policies and Practices information.
5) Mood Graph (More Like This Below!) Download An adapted method of graphing your mood.
6) NAMI Workshop Bipolar Presentation (Marin) Download Dr Reiser's presentation on bipolar disorder at the NAMI conference in Marin.
7) NAMI Workshop Bipolar Presentation (Santa Clara) Download Dr. Reiser's presentation on bipolar disorder at the NAMI conference in Santa Clara.
8) NAMI Yolo County Newsletter Download A newsletter about Dr. Reiser's NAMI presentation.
9)  NDMDA Web Article Download A transcription of an online article about the effectiveness of psychotherapy on bipolar disorder.
10) Enhancing CBT Supervision Download Dr. Reiser's CBT presentation on supervision for an Orlando Conference.
11) Thought Record Download A method of keeping track of your unhelpful thoughts throughout the day.
12) What Works? Download What does work? Information about the Therapeutic Alliance. Questions to ask yourself about your therapist.
13) Dr. Reiser Work History and Credentials Download A compilation of Dr. Reiser's work history, credentials and additional information.
     

 Mood Charting
1)  Life Chart (Clinician
                Ratings)		 Download A year-to-year graph for your therapist to use for you.
2)  Life Chart (LCM) Download A day-to-day graph for Mood Charting for your use.
3)  Life Chart (Self Ratings) Download A year-to-year graph for Mood Charting for your use.
4)  Life Chart Manual Download A manual, great to read before you begin Mood Charting or when you need more information.
5)  Life Chart Newsletter Download An article with more information on Life and Mood Charting.

The Weekly Mood Graph will give me a picture of your daily mood shifts, while the NIMH Retrospective Life Chart will give me a picture of the history of your mood disorder including important markers such as major episodes, hospitalizations, major life events, starting medications, stopping medications, changes in medication and any use of alcohol or other substances.