Evaluation of the efficacy of group psychoeducation through in_person meeting, on the symptoms and functional recovery of patients with bipolar disorder

Evaluation of the efficacy of group psychoeducation through in_person meeting, on the symptoms and functional recovery of patients with bipolar disorder.

Clinical trial with control group, with parallel groups, single-blind, randomized, phase 2 on 34 patients. NCSS (Number Cruncher statistical system) software and block random method are used to randomize the study

34 patients with schizophrenia who referred to Ibn Sina Psychiatric Hospital in Shiraz in 2020-21will be included in the study. These people will then be randomly divided into groups receiving intervention and placebo.

Inclusion criteria: Having bipolar disorder type 1or 2; tHave been in the remission phase for at least three months. Exclusion criteria: having concomitant psychiatric illness; Substance use; Intellectual disability; Simultaneous neurological disease

Intervention group: In this group, face-to-face training sessions are held based on the Barcelona psychological training model (which includes 21 training sessions and the shortened course is 10 sessions). The number of members in each group will be between six and nine. Meetings will be held twice a week for 45-60 minutes at Ibn Sina Educational and Medical Center in Shiraz. Control group: In the control group, ten training sessions with the same structure described for the intervention group (Meetings twice a week for 45-60 minutes) in the field of prevention and public health for individuals.

Change in The 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36)

The researcher will enrolled participants based on convenience sampling method. NCSS software (Number Cruncher Statistical System) and block randomization method will use for randomization the study. In the block randomization method, participants will categorize into 6 blocks (AABB, ABAB, BBAA, BABA, ABBA, BAAB), each block containing 4 participants. In this study, "A" will assign to the drug group and "B" to the placebo group, for example: in the "ABAB" block, the first person entered the drug group, the second person entered the placebo group, the third person entered the drug group, and the fourth person entered the placebo group. Thus, all eligible participants will randomly assigned to one of the study arms according to the randomization list.

The person who fills out the questionnaire and the person who teaches are two separate people. Therefore, the educator is not blind to the participants, but the person who records the consequences is blind to the study groups. Participants also do not know whether they are part of the intervention group or the control group.