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Creating a Digital Psychoeducation Programme for bipolar disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic

INTRODUCTION: The Covid-19 pandemic profoundly affected delivery and accessibility of mental health care services at a time when most needed. The OPTIMA Mood Disorder Service, a specialist bipolar disorder service, adapted group psychoeducation programme for delivery on-line. OBJECTIVES: We report t...

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Autores principales: Gadelrab, R., Simblett, S., Hook, J., Rickwood, S., Martinez, J., Johnstone, M., Flower, C., Bourne, S., Young, A., Macritchie, K.
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9567093/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1458
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author Gadelrab, R.
Simblett, S.
Hook, J.
Rickwood, S.
Martinez, J.
Johnstone, M.
Flower, C.
Bourne, S.
Young, A.
Macritchie, K.
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Simblett, S.
Hook, J.
Rickwood, S.
Martinez, J.
Johnstone, M.
Flower, C.
Bourne, S.
Young, A.
Macritchie, K.
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description INTRODUCTION: The Covid-19 pandemic profoundly affected delivery and accessibility of mental health care services at a time when most needed. The OPTIMA Mood Disorder Service, a specialist bipolar disorder service, adapted group psychoeducation programme for delivery on-line. OBJECTIVES: We report the feasibility of creating a digital psychoeducation programme. METHODS: The OPTIMA ten session group psychoeducation programme was converted into a ‘Digital’ intervention using video-conferencing. Sessions offered a range of key topics, derived from the initial Barcelona Group Psychoeducation Programme. At the time of writing, OPTIMA had fully completed two 10 session digital courses. RESULTS: A total of 12 people (6 in each group) consented to be part of a service evaluation of the digital groups. Just over half of the participants were women (7/12; 58.3%) and one identified as being non-binary (8.3); remaining participants were men. Age of participants ranged from 25 years to 65 years (Mean=42.3; SD=13.1). Data showed a high level of engagement (77%) All participants reported some improvement with a mean Bipolar Self-Efficacy scale (BPSES) post-group score of 105.6 (SD=14.8). At group level, this change was not statistically significant (F (1, 15) = 0.71, p=0.41). At an individual level, two out of five showed a reliable change index >1.96. CONCLUSIONS: Delivering a ‘digital’ group psychoeducation programme was possible due to careful planning and programme development. There was good uptake from service users suggesting it is a feasible approach with preliminary evidence of clinical benefit. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships.
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spelling pubmed-95670932022-10-17 Creating a Digital Psychoeducation Programme for bipolar disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic Gadelrab, R. Simblett, S. Hook, J. Rickwood, S. Martinez, J. Johnstone, M. Flower, C. Bourne, S. Young, A. Macritchie, K. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: The Covid-19 pandemic profoundly affected delivery and accessibility of mental health care services at a time when most needed. The OPTIMA Mood Disorder Service, a specialist bipolar disorder service, adapted group psychoeducation programme for delivery on-line. OBJECTIVES: We report the feasibility of creating a digital psychoeducation programme. METHODS: The OPTIMA ten session group psychoeducation programme was converted into a ‘Digital’ intervention using video-conferencing. Sessions offered a range of key topics, derived from the initial Barcelona Group Psychoeducation Programme. At the time of writing, OPTIMA had fully completed two 10 session digital courses. RESULTS: A total of 12 people (6 in each group) consented to be part of a service evaluation of the digital groups. Just over half of the participants were women (7/12; 58.3%) and one identified as being non-binary (8.3); remaining participants were men. Age of participants ranged from 25 years to 65 years (Mean=42.3; SD=13.1). Data showed a high level of engagement (77%) All participants reported some improvement with a mean Bipolar Self-Efficacy scale (BPSES) post-group score of 105.6 (SD=14.8). At group level, this change was not statistically significant (F (1, 15) = 0.71, p=0.41). At an individual level, two out of five showed a reliable change index >1.96. CONCLUSIONS: Delivering a ‘digital’ group psychoeducation programme was possible due to careful planning and programme development. There was good uptake from service users suggesting it is a feasible approach with preliminary evidence of clinical benefit. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9567093/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1458 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Young, A.
Macritchie, K.
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