Patient experiences of behavioural therapy for bipolar depression: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although multiple qualitative studies have explored participants' experiences of behavioural activation (BA) for unipolar depression, none have investigated the experiences of BA in people with bipolar depression. This is of particular interest because qualitative studies concerning the experience of receiving therapy can help inform the theory of change underpinning the intervention.

Aim

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and perspectives of individuals with bipolar disorder who received a course of one-to-one BA for bipolar depression. We sought to explore participants' experience of the effects of BA therapy, both proximally and distally.

Method

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine individuals meeting research diagnos

SUBMITTER: Yilmaz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12334977 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature