A Real-World Study of the Association between a Brief Group Psychoeducation and the Course of Bipolar Disorder.

ABSTRACT: Although pharmacotherapy is considered the first-line treatment for bipolar disorders (BD), adjunctive psychoeducation has proven its effectiveness in improving self-management of the disease and reducing relapse rates. Few studies have evaluated the effect of brief group psychoeducation on pragmatic variables, such as the number of hospitalizations. The aim of the present study was to assess the mid-term effect of a four-session group psychoeducation on course-related variables in BD. Thirty-two individuals with BD were included in the study. Sixteen were exposed to psychoeducation and were matched to sixteen nonexposed individuals who received their usual treatment. Both groups were compared on insight, treatment adherence, change in the number of hospitalizations and visits to the emerg

SUBMITTER: Casellas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8126006 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature