Family Workshops for Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

An Acceptance Based Psychoeducation Intervention to Reduce Expressed Emotion in Family Members of Bipolar Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00296283
• Other study ID #: 20051107
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: February 23, 2006
• Last updated: May 22, 2007
• Start date: August 2005

Study information

• Verified date: May 2007
• Source: University of Miami
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This pilot study is looking at the effects of a brief psychoeducational workshop. These one day workshops are designed to increase family members knowledge about bipolar disorder and to help with processing emotions that go along with having a relative with bipolar disorder.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 64 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• self-identified adult relatives of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder between ages 18 and 64; up to two persons per family can participate in the multifamily group

Exclusion Criteria:

• relative with bipolar disorder will not be involved in the workshop

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bipolar Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• integrative behavior couples therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Miami	Coral Gables	Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Miami

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knowledge
Primary	Anger
Primary	Attributions
Primary	Expressed Emotion