ArticleBMC psychiatry2012
Internet-based psychoeducation for bipolar disorder: a qualitative analysis of feasibility, acceptability and impact.
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- Barriers and Facilitators of User Engagement With Digital Mental Health Interventions for People With Psychosis or Bipolar Disorder: Systematic Review and Best-Fit Framework Synthesis.JMIR mental health · 2025Pooled it
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- Acceptability of Interventions Delivered Online and Through Mobile Phones for People Who Experience Severe Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Pooled it
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- Users' experiences of an online intervention for bipolar disorder: important lessons for design and evaluation.Evidence-based mental health · 2017Trial
- Online psycho-education to the treatment of bipolar disorder: protocol of a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2016Trial
- Self-monitoring and psychoeducation in bipolar patients with a smart-phone application (SIMPLe) project: design, development and studies protocols.BMC psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Participant and facilitator perspectives on a psychoeducational intervention for individuals at risk of bipolar disorder.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- The Type, Impacts, and Experiences of Peer Support for People Living With Bipolar Disorder: A Scoping Review.Bipolar disorders · 2025Article
- Operationalising a Recovery-Oriented Support and Information Programme Online: The EOLAS Programme.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry guidelines on the assessment and pharmacological treatment of compulsive sexual behaviour disorder.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2022Article
- Development and Evaluation of Acceptability and Feasibility of a Web-Based Intervention for Patients With Bipolar Disorder in Iran: Implementation Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Certified Peer Specialists' Perspective of the Barriers and Facilitators to Mobile Health Engagement.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2020Article
- Engaging With a Web-Based Psychosocial Intervention for Psychosis: Qualitative Study of User Experiences.JMIR mental health · 2020Article
- IMPlementation of An online Relatives' Toolkit for psychosis or bipolar (IMPART study): iterative multiple case study to identify key factors impacting on staff uptake and use.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Peer Support: a Human Factor to Enhance Engagement in Digital Health Behavior Change Interventions.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2019Article
- Patients' perspectives of the feasibility, acceptability and impact of a group-based psychoeducation programme for bipolar disorder: a qualitative analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2015Article
- Emerging mHealth and eHealth interventions for serious mental illness: a review of the literature.Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) · 2015Review
- Self-management and bipolar disorder--a clinician's guide to the literature 2011-2014.Current psychiatry reports · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundIn a recent exploratory randomised trial we found that a novel, internet-based psychoeducation programme for bipolar disorder (Beating Bipolar) was relatively easy to deliver and had a modest effect on psychological quality of life. We sought to explore the experiences of participants with respect to feasibility, acceptability and impact of Beating Bipolar.
methodsParticipants were invited to take part in a semi-structured interview. Thematic analysis techniques were employed; to explore and describe participants' experiences, the data were analysed for emerging themes which were identified and coded.
resultsThe programme was feasible to deliver and acceptable to participants where they felt comfortable using a computer. It was found to impact upon insight into illness, health behaviour, personal routines and positive attitudes towards medication. Many participants regarded the programme as likely to be most beneficial for those recently diagnosed.
conclusionsAn online psychoeducation package for bipolar disorder, such as Beating Bipolar, is feasible and acceptable to patients, has a positive impact on self-management behaviours and may be particularly suited to early intervention. Alternative (non-internet) formats should also be made available to patients.
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