Early Recovery Adherence Therapy for Bipolar Alcoholics
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Bipolar Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder
In brief
Effective psychosocial interventions for individuals with an alcohol use disorder co-occurring with a severe mental health problem such as bipolar disorder are lacking. Treatment engagement, adherence, and retention are a major challenge and crucial to achieving a favorable outcome. The early phase of recovery is a key period during which an effective intervention exerts its most significant impact. Our proposed treatment intervention is aimed at addressing early recovery issues, engagement, and treatment and medication adherence in bipolar alcoholics. We propose to develop and refine a theoretically based and procedurally specified individual adherence therapy intervention for co-occurring alcohol use and bipolar disorder in early recovery, to develop standardized procedures, methods, and techniques so that treatment is delivered with a high degree of fidelity and competence, and to test the efficacy of this intervention through a randomized, parallel-group design comparing this new intervention with current regular clinical care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00167323
- Run by
- University of Pittsburgh
- People needed
- 48
- Starts
- 2003-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-05-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Meet DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Bipolar disorder and alcohol use disorder
- Actively abusing alcohol (drinking on 2 or more occasions per week or having 3 or more drinks per occasion)
- Have been stabilized on a mood stabilizer such as Valproate
- Absence of any exclusion criteria
You may not qualify if…
- Schizophrenia,, schizoaffective disorder or any psychotic disorder, unipolar major depression,, mental retardation, and signs of impaired cognitive functioning.
- Any severe or unstable neurological and medical condition including epilepsy, history of brain injury, encephalitis, or any organic brain syndrome, severe cardiac, liver, kidney, endocrine, hematological, or impending surgery.
- Inability to read or understand the study forms and consent form
- Pregnancy
- The presence of non-alcohol substance use disorders will not constitute exclusion criteria unless it is clearly the drug of choice or it requires medications such as opioid substitution
Where it is running
- UPMC Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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