NCT01207505

Emotion Regulation Group Therapy for Bipolar Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Psychoeducation has been the only group treatment developed for bipolar disorder thus far. Deficits in emotion regulation, a core impairment among patients with bipolar disorder, are not directly addressed in this treatment. The objective of this study is to develop a group treatment for bipolar disorder that focuses on emotion regulation strategies (Enhancing Emotion Regulation; EER). This study will examine the efficacy of this treatment using an open trial design. It is hypothesized that patients who receive EER will show a reduction in mood symptoms and improvement in well-being. Reductions in emotion regulation difficulties will predict improvements.

Conditions

• Bipolar I Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Enhancing Emotion Regulation	12 week of group therapy 3 modules: 1) mindfulness, 2) emotion regulation, 3)distress tolerance

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2010-09-23
• Last updated: 2015-04-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States