Group Psychoeducation for Bipolar Disorder

Treatment

DIAGNOSIS: Bipolar Disorder

TREATMENT: Group Psychoeducation for Bipolar Disorder

BRIEF SUMMARY

Basic premise: "Psychoeducation treatment involves providing patients with information about bipolar disorder and its treatment, with a primary goal being to improve adherence to pharmacological treatment by helping patients understand the biological roots of the disorder and the rationale for pharmacological treatments. Patients are also taught the early warning signs for episodes, and common triggers for symptoms. Psychoeducation interventions are typically—but not always—held in group format. The best tested approach consists of 21 group sessions (Colom & Vieta, 2006)."

Psychoeducation for bipolar disorder. (2016). Div12.org. Retrieved October 28, 2022 from https://div12.org/treatment/psychoeducation-for-bipolar-disorder/

TREATMENT RESOURCES

TREATMENT MANUALS

Manual de psicoeducaión para el trastorno bipolar (Colom, F., & Vieta i Pascaul, E.)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Structured group psychotherapy for bipolar disorder: The life goals program (2nd ed.) (Bauer, M. S., && McBride, L.)

SUPPORTING STUDIES

Colom, F., Vieta, E., Martínez-Arán, A., Reinares, M., Goikolea, J. M., Benabarre, A., Torrent, C., Comes, M., Corbella, B., Parramon, G., & Corominas, J. (2003). A randomized trial on the efficacy of group psychoeducation in the prophylaxis of recurrences in bipolar patients whose disease is in remission. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 60(4), 402-407.

https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.60.4.402

Colom, F., Vieta, E., Moreno-Sánchez-Moreno, J., Palomino-Otiniano, R., Reinares, M., Goikolea, J. M., Benabarre, A., & Martínez-Aran, A. (2009). Group psychoeducation for stabilised bipolar disorders: 5-year outcome of a randomised clinical trial. Br J Psychiatry, 194(3).

https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.60.4.402

D’Souza, R., Piskulic, D., & Sundram, S. (2010). A brief dyadic group based psychoeducation program improves relapse rates in recently remitted bipolar disorder: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 120(1-3), 272-276.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2009.03.018

Janis, R. A., Burlingame, G. M., Svien, Jensen, J., & Lundgreen, R. (2021). Group therapy for mood disorders: A meta-analysis. Psychotherapy Research, 31(3), 342-358.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2020.1817603

Mączka, G., Brabski, B., Dudek, D., & Gierowski, J. K.. (2014). Group psychoeducation in bipolar mood disorders – the influence on the cognitive representation of the illness. The results of the program: “Taming the bipolar affective disorder.” Psychiatr. Pol., 48(6), 1237-1252.

https://doi.org/10.12740/PP/24992

Rahmani, F., Ebrahimi, H., Ranjbar, F., Razavi, S. S., & Asghari, E. (2016). The effect of group psychoeducation program on medication adherence in patients with bipolar mood disorders: A randomized controlled trial. J Cariing Sci, 5(4).

https://doi.org/10.15171/jcs.2016.030

Sajatovic, M., Davies, M. A., Ganocy, S. J., Bauer, M. S., Cassidy, K. A., Hays, R. W., Safavi, R., Blow, F. C., & Calabrese, J. R. (2009). A comparison of the life goals program and treatment as usual for individuals with bipolar disorder. Psychiatric Services, 60(9), 1182-1189.

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2009.60.9.1182