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A randomised controlled trial of carer-focussed multi-family group psychoeducation in bipolar disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

K. Madigan ,
P. Egan ,
D. Brennan ,
S. Hill ,
B. Maguire ,
F. Horgan ,
C. Flood ,
A. Kinsella  and
E. O’Callaghan
K. Madigan
Affiliation:
Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and Health Research Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
P. Egan
Affiliation:
Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and Health Research Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
D. Brennan
Affiliation:
Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and Health Research Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
S. Hill
Affiliation:
Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and Health Research Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
B. Maguire
Affiliation:
Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and Health Research Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
F. Horgan
Affiliation:
Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and Health Research Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
C. Flood
Affiliation:
Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin and Health Research Board, Dublin 2, Ireland
A. Kinsella
Affiliation:
DETECT Early Intervention in Psychosis Service, Block 5 The Bell Tower, Blackrock Business Park, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
E. O’Callaghan*
Affiliation:
DETECT Early Intervention in Psychosis Service, Block 5 The Bell Tower, Blackrock Business Park, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland Dept. of Adult Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 2791700; fax: +353 1 2791799. E-mail address: eadbhard@gmail.com (E. O'Callaghan).
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Abstract

In a RCT of family psychoeducation, 47 carers of 34 patients were allocated to one of three groups; Multifamily Group Psychoeducation, Solution Focussed Group Therapy or Treatment as Usual. Carers in both the MFGP intervention and the SFGP arm demonstrated greater knowledge and reduction in burden than those in the TAU arm.

Keywords

Bipolar disorderCarerPsychoeducationBurdenRandomised controlled trial
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Short communication
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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , May 2012 , pp. 281 - 284
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2012

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