Family Workshops for Bipolar Disorder

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00296283

Enrollment

Registered

2006-02-24

Start date

2005-08-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2007-05-23

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Conditions

Bipolar Disorder

Keywords

Relatives, Bipolar Disorder, Psychoeducation

Brief 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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALintegrative behavior couples therapy

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 64 Years

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Knowledge	—
Anger	—
Attributions	—
Expressed Emotion	—

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026