Group-based psychosocial intervention for bipolar disorder: randomised controlled trial
Open Access
- 1 May 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 196 (5), 383-388
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.108.058263
Abstract
Background: Psychosocial interventions have the potential to enhance relapse prevention in bipolar disorder.Aims: To evaluate a manualised group-based intervention for people with bipolar disorder in a naturalistic setting.Method: Eighty-four participants were randomised to receive the group-based intervention (a 12-week programme plus three booster sessions) or treatment as usual, and followed up with monthly telephone interviews (for 9 months post-intervention) and face-to-face interviews (at baseline, 3 months and 12 months).Results: Participants who received the group-based intervention were significantly less likely to have a relapse of any type and spent less time unwell. There was a reduced rate of relapse in the treatment group for pooled relapses of any type (hazard ratio 0.43, 95% CI 0.20–0.95; t343 = −2.09, P = 0.04).Conclusions: This study suggests that the group-based intervention reduces relapse risk in bipolar disorder.Keywords
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