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Research type
Research Study
Full title
Behavioural therapy for inter-episode bipolar symptoms: A multiple baseline case series evaluation
IRAS ID
320627
Contact name
Kim Wright
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Exeter
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN19416314
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 9 months, 3 days
Research summary
Bipolar Spectrum Disorders typically involve periods of depression, and periods of very high energy and mood (hypomania or mania). Bipolar Disorders are common, affecting around 1 in 20 people at some point in their lifetime. They can be very distressing and disruptive to the people who experience them, and for friends and relatives. Many people with these conditions have mood issues outside episodes of depression or mania. Often these issues include ongoing low mood, and/or frequent swings in mood or emotions. These are sometimes called “inter-episode bipolar symptoms”.\nThere are psychological (talking) therapies designed to help people with Bipolar Disorders, but these tend to be aimed at preventing the person from becoming really unwell, in other words from having a relapse of depression or mania, or they are aimed at helping people recover from a period of depression. There is no universally accepted talking therapy for helping people who have ongoing low mood or mood swings in between full episodes, despite the fact that these are common and distressing, and can make life more difficult.\nThe aim of this study is to help develop such a talking therapy. We will test out the therapy we developed with people with lived experience of bipolar disorder in 12 people. They will fill in questionnaires before, during and after the therapy and will also give feedback on it. The overall goal is to develop a therapy that is promising in terms of being ready to test in larger trials. \nThe research findings will be shared with the public through traditional and online media and mental health charities, as well as with researchers, clinicians and those who took part.\n
REC name
South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
22/SW/0165
Date of REC Opinion
7 Dec 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion