Table 2.

Workshop Content

Module	Goals	Content
Psychoeducation (adapted from Miklowitz & Goldstein, 1997; Poling, Brent, & Birmaher, 1999)	Provide didactic information about bipolar disorder	Characteristics of bipolar disorder: mania, depression, mixed state, psychosis Type Course Etiology Risk and protective factors
Making sense of the patient’s behaviors and relatives’ responses (adapted from Rigsby-Jones et al., 1994; Christensen & Jacobson, 2000)	Understand and normalize relatives’ responses Address the effects of criticism on the course of the disorder Apply to interpreting patient’s behavior	Attributional model: attribute behavior to personality → blame Discuss effects of accusation and blame, avoidance and minimization, overreaction Revised attributional model: attribute behavior to illness → understanding
Acceptance (adapted from Christensen & Jacobson, 2000)	Define acceptance and discuss its relevance to bipolar disorder Discuss ways to promote acceptance Apply acceptance to specific scenarios	Acceptance coping skills: Describe rather than evaluate View behavior as complex rather than solvable with a simplistic solution Identify own emotional responses rather than speculate on other’s motives Focus on the big picture rather than the little behavior