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Therapeutics
Cognitive therapy reduced relapses and number of days in bipolar episodes in DSM-IV bipolar I disorder
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Q In patients with DSM-IV bipolar I disorder, is medication plus cognitive therapy (CT) more effective than medication alone for reducing relapses and number of days in bipolar episodes?
METHODS
Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
concealed.*
Blinding:
blinded (outcome assessors).*
Follow up period:
30 months.
Setting:
Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK.
Patients:
103 patients (mean age 44 y, 56% women) who met DSM-IV criteria for bipolar I disorder. Patients were also required to have had ⩾2 episodes in the last 2 years or 3 episodes in the last 5 years. Actively suicidal or patients with a current substance use disorder were …
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