Effects of family intervention on psychosocial functioning and mood symptoms of youth at high risk for bipolar disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Family-focused therapy (FFT) is associated with reduced rates of mood episodes among youth at high risk for bipolar disorder (BD). In a randomized trial of FFT compared to a psychoeducation-only treatment (enhanced care, EC), we sought to determine if changes in psychosocial functioning mediate mood improvements among high-risk youth.

Method

119 youths with active mood symptoms and a family history of BD were randomized to either 4 months of FFT or EC. Participants were rated on mood symptom severity and provided self-ratings of psychosocial functioning across domains of family, social-emotional, and school functioning. Repeated measures mixed modeling and bootstrapped mediational analyses evaluated the effects of treatment conditions and psychosocial functioning

SUBMITTER: Weintraub MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8960340 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature