Effectiveness of dialectical behavioral therapy in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder type I.

Effectiveness of dialectical behavioral therapy on executive function, affective control and severity of symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder type I.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20180909040974N1

Enrollment

Registered

2018-12-19

Start date

2018-10-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-01-14

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Conditions

bipolar disorder type I. Bipolar disorder

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: The intervention group will receive dialectical behavioral therapy during 12 sessions(once a week), which will be held by psychiatrists and psychologists. Intervent

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

20 Years to 45 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients with bipolar type I, which are in the phase of maintenance Being at the age of 20 to 45 years old Minimum 8 classes education

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having a simultaneous personality disorder Drinking alcohol and drug use Physical problems such as seizure in patients Receive any other psychotherapy, simultaneously or during last 6 months The presence of psychotic symptoms Presence a concurrent course of mania in patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Depression score. Timepoint: At the beginning of study(before the intervention begins) and after the intervention(3 months later). Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory.;Executive function score. Timepoint: At the beginning of study(before the intervention begins) and after the intervention(3 months later). Method of measurement: Color Trails Test.;Affective control score. Timepoint: At the beginning of study(before the intervention begins) and after the intervention(3 months later). Method of measurement: Affective Control Scale.;The severity of Young mania. Timepoint: At the beginning of study(before the intervention begins) and after the intervention(3 months later). Method of measurement: Young Mania Inventory.	—

Measure

Time frame

Depression score. Timepoint: At the beginning of study(before the intervention begins) and after the intervention(3 months later). Method of measurement: Beck Depression Inventory.;Executive function score. Timepoint: At the beginning of study(before the intervention begins) and after the intervention(3 months later). Method of measurement: Color Trails Test.;Affective control score. Timepoint: At the beginning of study(before the intervention begins) and after the intervention(3 months later). Method of measurement: Affective Control Scale.;The severity of Young mania. Timepoint: At the beginning of study(before the intervention begins) and after the intervention(3 months later). Method of measurement: Young Mania Inventory.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactNaimeh Haghshenas

Esfahan University of Medical Sciences

naimeh.a.h@gmail.com+98 31 3222 2127

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026