Modifying Group Therapy for Bipolar Substance Abusers - 1
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric, Bipolar Disorder |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 1/13/2017 |
| Start Date: | July 2003 |
| End Date: | August 2005 |
Modifying Group Therapy for Bipolar Abusers
The purpose of this study is to modify Integrated Group Therapy (IGT), which is has been
found successful for patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and substance use disorder(SUD), so
that it can be more readily adopted by community drug abuse treatment programs. IGT is being
reduced from 20 to 12 sessions in this trial, and is being conducted by front-line drug
counselors, to test its effectiveness in a more community-based setting. The training has
been expanded so that counselors without much psychopathology training or cognitive
behavioral therapy experience can conduct IGT.
found successful for patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and substance use disorder(SUD), so
that it can be more readily adopted by community drug abuse treatment programs. IGT is being
reduced from 20 to 12 sessions in this trial, and is being conducted by front-line drug
counselors, to test its effectiveness in a more community-based setting. The training has
been expanded so that counselors without much psychopathology training or cognitive
behavioral therapy experience can conduct IGT.
IGT is being compared with 12 sessions of Group Drug Counseling (GDC) in a randomized
controlled trial, with a sample size of 60 subjects. GDC is the type of treatment one would
likely receive in a community drug abuse treatment program, in that it focuses primarily in
substance use, unlike IGT, which focuses equally on SUD and BD issues. Patients are followed
for a year after the end of the group therapy, to examine the long-term effects of the
treatment, and also to examine the longer-term relationship of substance use and mood.
Patients in the trial must be taking a mood stabilizer to enter the study. Any drug of abuse
is accepted, and all subtypes of BD are accepted.
controlled trial, with a sample size of 60 subjects. GDC is the type of treatment one would
likely receive in a community drug abuse treatment program, in that it focuses primarily in
substance use, unlike IGT, which focuses equally on SUD and BD issues. Patients are followed
for a year after the end of the group therapy, to examine the long-term effects of the
treatment, and also to examine the longer-term relationship of substance use and mood.
Patients in the trial must be taking a mood stabilizer to enter the study. Any drug of abuse
is accepted, and all subtypes of BD are accepted.
Inclusion Criteria:
- bipolar disorder substance dependence taking a mood stabilizer
Exclusion Criteria:
- acute psychosis no substance use in past 60 days no prescribing doctor will not be in
area for next 15 months lives too far away
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