NCT Number: NCT01370668
Bipolar disorder is a severe, chronic and recurrent illness, that affects nearly the 5% of the population. Recent research point at the relevance and persistence of cognitive dysfunctions in bipolar patients even beyond the acute phases, although cognitive impairment has been classically associated with schizophrenia and not bipolar disorder. Current findings suggest that some intervention is needed in order to improve not only affective symptoms but also cognitive dysfunctions, so that patients could benefit from cognitive remediation techniques to improve cognitive impairment and the functional outcome. There is no previous research on the efficacy of cognitive remediation programs on bipolar disorder.
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Notify Me18 year–55 year
All sexes
Interventional
Not applicable
The method consists of a randomized clinical trial with 3 arms: 1) one group (n=66) will receive a cognitive rehabilitation program + pharmacological treatment, 2) another group (n=66) will receive a psychoeducation program + pharmacological treatment, and 3) a control group (n=66) will only receive pharmacological treatment. A psychopathological, neuropsychological and functional assessment will be administered pre and post-intervention and a 12-month follow-up to assess the long term effects of the intervention.
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
The functional remediation program is composed of 21 weekly sessions of 90 minutes, each aimed at improving the following cognitive domains: attention, memory and executive functions and psychosocial functioning.
The program will be performed in an 12- to 15-patient group conducted by 2 experienced neuropsychologists with previous experience with bipolar patients and specific training on patients' group management.
Group psychoeducation is a tested and manualized intervention consisting of 21 weekly sessions of 90 minutes aimed at improving 4 main issues: illness awareness, treatment adherence, early detection of prodromal symptoms and recurrences, and lifestyle regularity.
The patients will not receive any add-on psychosocial intervention. All patients will keep on receiving standard psychiatric treatment.
Time frame: Baseline
The FAST is a valid and reliable instrument, easy to apply which requires a short period of time to administer. Evaluates functioning taking into account the last 15 days. It was developed for the clinical evaluation of the main difficulties presented by psychiatric patients, and has been validated in several languages for patients with bipolar disorder. The FAST scale consists of 24 items which allow the assessment of six specific areas of functioning: autonomy, occupational functioning, cognitive functioning, financial issues, interpersonal relationships and leisure time.
Time frame: 6 months
The FAST is a valid and reliable instrument, easy to apply which requires a short period of time to administer. Evaluates functioning taking into account the last 15 days. It was developed for the clinical evaluation of the main difficulties presented by psychiatric patients, and has been validated in several languages for patients with bipolar disorder. The FAST scale consists of 24 items which allow the assessment of six specific areas of functioning: autonomy, occupational functioning, cognitive functioning, financial issues, interpersonal relationships and leisure time.
Time frame: 12 months
The FAST is a valid and reliable instrument, easy to apply which requires a short period of time to administer. Evaluates functioning taking into account the last 15 days. It was developed for the clinical evaluation of the main difficulties presented by psychiatric patients, and has been validated in several languages for patients with bipolar disorder. The FAST scale consists of 24 items which allow the assessment of six specific areas of functioning: autonomy, occupational functioning, cognitive functioning, financial issues, interpersonal relationships and leisure time.
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental
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Comparative Efficacy of Two Psychosocial Strategies of Intervention (Neurocognitive vs Psychoeducative) as add-on Therapy Versus Treatment as Usual in Bipolar Disorder
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