Treating insomnia improves mood state, sleep, and functioning in bipolar disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if a treatment for interepisode bipolar disorder I patients with insomnia improves mood state, sleep, and functioning.

Method

Alongside psychiatric care, interepisode bipolar disorder I participants with insomnia were randomly allocated to a bipolar disorder-specific modification of cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia (CBTI-BP; n = 30) or psychoeducation (PE; n = 28) as a comparison condition. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, the end of 8 sessions of treatment, and 6 months later. This pilot was conducted to determine initial feasibility and generate effect size estimates.

Results

During the 6-month follow-up, the CBTI-BP group had fewer days in a bipolar episode relative to the PE group (3.3 days vs. 25.5 days). The CBTI-BP group also ex

SUBMITTER: Harvey AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4446240 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature