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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2016 Jan;208(1):87-93.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.162123. Epub 2015 Nov 5.

Functional remediation in bipolar disorder: 1-year follow-up of neurocognitive and functional outcome

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Randomized Controlled Trial

Functional remediation in bipolar disorder: 1-year follow-up of neurocognitive and functional outcome

C M Bonnin et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

Background: Few randomised clinical trials have examined the efficacy of an intervention aimed at improving psychosocial functioning in bipolar disorder.

Aims: To examine changes in psychosocial functioning in a group that has been enrolled in a functional remediation programme 1 year after baseline.

Method: This was a multicentre, randomised, rater-masked clinical trial comparing three patient groups: functional remediation, psychoeducation and treatment as usual over 1-year follow-up. The primary outcome was change in psychosocial functioning measured by means of the Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST). Group×time effects for overall psychosocial functioning were examined using repeated-measures ANOVA (trial registration NCT01370668).

Results: There was a significant group×time interaction for overall psychosocial functioning, favouring patients in the functional remediation group (F = 3.071, d.f. = 2, P = 0.049).

Conclusions: Improvement in psychosocial functioning is maintained after 1-year follow-up in patients with bipolar disorder receiving functional remediation.

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