Bi-REAL - DBT Skills Online Group Intervention for Bipolar Disorder
NCT ID: NCT04797351
Last Updated: 2023-07-18
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
109 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-09-01
2022-01-31
Brief Summary
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Our research is sustained in a recovery based perspective, which means we intend to develop a sense of hope, understanding, empowerment and work towards a meaningful and satisfying life, focusing on less clinical outcomes. Recovery is a concept that looks beyond the traditional clinical definitions which focus on reduced symptomatology, hospitalisation and medication compliance, and focuses on having a better sense of living even though you might have some clinical symptomatology.
DBT was developed as an approach for highly emotionally and behaviourally dysregulated people, and it has been referred as promising in BD patients. DBT aims to give individuals who experience quick and intense shifts in mood, skills to manage and regulate their emotions.
People with Bipolar Disorder can benefit from skills to regulate their emotions and interpersonal efficacy, which is frequently affected by mood changes, and therefore have a life worth living, feeling skillful and empowered to deal with challenges.
Our study aimed to develop a 12 session DBT-skills group adapting the sessions and skills to be used with this client group (Bi-REAL - Respond Effectively and Live mindfully).
This study aims to test acceptability, feasibility and efficacy of this 12 session DBT skills pilot randomized group intervention for patients with Bipolar Disorders.
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Detailed Description
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Even though the etiology of BD is still unclear, it is multifactorial with multiple genetic and environmental influences interacting with each other. Fewer studies have explored psychosocial factors in BD's development and maintenance, however, some risk factors have been identified, namely negative early experiences, family characteristics, and adverse life circumstances. Researchers also found significantly higher levels of childhood abuse and current internalized shame in BD individuals, when compared to a control group. It is also known that stressful life events possibly work as triggers in affective symptoms, and they are frequently stigmatized because of their condition, jeopardizing their social and work context.
Pharmacological interventions prevail as the primary management tool in BD, however, most patients are not fully stabilized on drug therapies alone and a large number of patients experience residual symptoms so that full functional recovery is uncommon. Hence, growing evidence and international guidelines support the need to use psychosocial interventions as adjuvant therapies to improve recovery in BD.
Our research is sustained in a recovery based perspective, which means we intend to develop a sense of hope, understanding, empowerment and work towards a meaningful and satisfying life, focusing on less clinical outcomes. Recovery is a concept that looks beyond the traditional clinical definitions which focus on reduced symptomatology, hospitalisation and medication compliance, and focuses on having a better sense of living even though you might have some clinical symptomatology.
The most empirically tested psychosocial interventions for BD include Psychoeducation (PE) and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with supporting evidence of their efficacy. However, there are also contradictory findings, contesting the efficacy of CBT and PE, and that is why there is still no Goldstandard regarding BD psychosocial intervention. A recent review regarding empirically supported psychosocial interventions for BD, discusses promising findings regarding contextual therapies, namely Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and further research is encouraged.
DBT seems to be a promising approach to apply with BD, given its components for emotion regulation, and has already been found to reduce depressive and manic symptoms as well as to improve emotional dysregulation in BD groups. Based on the above-mentioned, further empirical research to clarify about contextual therapies efficacy (particularly DBT), for BD is essential and necessary which is why we constructed our 12-session skills intervention Bi-REAL (Respond Effectively and Live mindfully), based on some preliminary studies and suggested adaptations for DBT for Bipolar Disorder.
This study aims to test acceptability, feasibility and efficacy of this 12 session DBT skills pilot randomized group intervention for patients with Bipolar Disorders.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
Experimental Group: Treatment as Usual (Public health services and psychiatric support) + 1 Pre-session + 12 session DBT Skills Group Experimental Group Condition 2: Specialized support (Psychoeducation in Bipolar Disorder + Psychological support) + (1 Pre-session) 12 session DBT Skills group + TAU Control Group Condition 1: TAU + Waiting List
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Experimental Group
* Pre-treatment session + 12 Sessions Group Intervention
* TAU - Treatment as usual (Psychiatric support through Public health system)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Skills
Pre-treatment session + 12 sessions DBT Skills Group (only) intervention
Control Group
* TAU - Treatment as usual (Psychiatric support through Public health system)
* Waiting list (will have access to the intervention program BI-REAL after the 3 month follow up assessment)
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Skills
Pre-treatment session + 12 sessions DBT Skills Group (only) intervention
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* A history of two or more episodes of illness meeting DSM-5 criteria for mania, hypomania, major depressive disorder or mixed affective disorder, one of which must have been within 5 year of recruitment.
* Mood symptoms cause interference in their life (currently)
* Having a computer/tablet with access to internet, zoom installed, a microphone and camera.
* Living in Portugal and with good comprehension of Portuguese at a level sufficient to complete self-report instruments and clinical interview.
Exclusion Criteria
* Bipolar disorder secondary to an organic cause;
* Continuous illicit substance misuse resulting in uncertain primary diagnosis;
* Acute episode of mania, hypomania or major depressive episode;
* Other high risk pervasive disorders such as Borderline Personality Disorder; persistent self-injury;
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
OTHER
ADEB - Associação de Apoio a Doentes Depressivos e Bipolares
UNKNOWN
Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, EPE
OTHER
Centro Hospitalar de Leiria
OTHER
Centro Hospitalar do Oeste
OTHER
University of Coimbra
OTHER
IPM - Institute of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
UNKNOWN
Julieta Azevedo
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Julieta Azevedo
PhD student in Clinical Psychology
Principal Investigators
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Julieta M Azevedo, MS
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Coimbra - CINEICC
Locations
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Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - University of Coimbra
Coimbra, , Portugal
Countries
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References
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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
Other Identifiers
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BD/130116/2017_Pilot
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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