Patients' perspectives of the effects of a group-based therapeutic patient education program for bipolar disorder: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few qualitative studies have explored the impact of group-based psychoeducation programs from the perspective of patients with bipolar disorder, and no studies to date have examined the effects of such programs on patients' personal recovery. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of a group therapeutic education program on the personal recovery of people with bipolar disorder and its determinants.

Methods

Three professionals conducted semistructured interviews with 16 patients who participated in 9 weekly sessions of four separate bipolar therapeutic education programs. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed inductively by two of the professionals using the thematic analysis method.

Results

Three main themes emerged from the interv

SUBMITTER: Duval M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9508709 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature