"It felt very special, it felt customised to me"-A qualitative investigation of the experiences of participating in a clinical trial of CBT for young people at risk of bipolar disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Bipolar at Risk Trial (BART) was a feasibility randomized controlled trial investigating cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) compared with treatment as usual (TAU) in young people at high risk of developing bipolar disorder (BD). This qualitative study aimed to investigate participants' experiences of trial involvement, and the acceptability of CBT for this population.

Design

Participants were those identified as being at risk of bipolar disorder, determined by current symptoms or family history. A purposive sample of twenty-one participants from both the intervention and TAU arms of the trial was recruited.

Methods

Twenty-one semi-structured interviews were conducted by service user researchers (13 participants had received therapy and 8 TAU). Interview

SUBMITTER: Jones WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8451762 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature