Creating a Digital Psychoeducation Programme for bipolar disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic
Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic profoundly affected delivery and accessibility of mental health care services at a time when most needed. The OPTIMA Mood Disorder Service, a specialist bipolar disorder service, adapted group psychoeducation programme for delivery on-line. Objectives We report t...
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Introduction
The Covid-19 pandemic profoundly affected delivery and accessibility of mental health care services at a time when most needed. The OPTIMA Mood Disorder Service, a specialist bipolar disorder service, adapted group psychoeducation programme for delivery on-line.
Objectives
We report the feasibility of creating a digital psychoeducation programme.
Methods
The OPTIMA ten session group psychoeducation programme was converted into a ‘Digital’ intervention using video-conferencing. Sessions offered a range of key topics, derived from the initial Barcelona Group Psychoeducation Programme. At the time of writing, OPTIMA had fully completed two 10 session digital courses.
Results
A total of 12 people (6 in each group) consented to be part of a service evaluation of the digital groups. Just over half of the participants were women (7/12; 58.3%) and one identified as being non-binary (8.3); remaining participants were men. Age of participants ranged from 25 years to 65 years (Mean=42.3; SD=13.1). Data showed a high level of engagement (77%) All participants reported some improvement with a mean Bipolar Self-Efficacy scale (BPSES) post-group score of 105.6 (SD=14.8). At group level, this change was not statistically significant (F (1, 15) = 0.71, p=0.41). At an individual level, two out of five showed a reliable change index >1.96.
Conclusions
Delivering a ‘digital’ group psychoeducation programme was possible due to careful planning and programme development. There was good uptake from service users suggesting it is a feasible approach with preliminary evidence of clinical benefit.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-dea330eb785d4c5ebf1774bc52ca48762023-11-17T05:08:18ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S569S56910.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1458Creating a Digital Psychoeducation Programme for bipolar disorder in the COVID-19 pandemicR. Gadelrab0S. Simblett1J. Hook2S. Rickwood3J. Martinez4M. Johnstone5C. Flower6S. Bourne7A. Young8K. Macritchie9Institute Of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Centre For Affective Disorders, London, United KingdomInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Psychology, London, United KingdomSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, National Affective Disorder Service, london, United KingdomSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, National Affective Disorder Service, london, United KingdomSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, National Affective Disorder Service, london, United KingdomSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, National Affective Disorder Service, london, United KingdomSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, National Affective Disorder Service, london, United KingdomSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, National Affective Disorder Service, london, United KingdomInstitute Of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Centre For Affective Disorders, London, United KingdomSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, National Affective Disorder Service, london, United Kingdom Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic profoundly affected delivery and accessibility of mental health care services at a time when most needed. The OPTIMA Mood Disorder Service, a specialist bipolar disorder service, adapted group psychoeducation programme for delivery on-line. Objectives We report the feasibility of creating a digital psychoeducation programme. Methods The OPTIMA ten session group psychoeducation programme was converted into a ‘Digital’ intervention using video-conferencing. Sessions offered a range of key topics, derived from the initial Barcelona Group Psychoeducation Programme. At the time of writing, OPTIMA had fully completed two 10 session digital courses. Results A total of 12 people (6 in each group) consented to be part of a service evaluation of the digital groups. Just over half of the participants were women (7/12; 58.3%) and one identified as being non-binary (8.3); remaining participants were men. Age of participants ranged from 25 years to 65 years (Mean=42.3; SD=13.1). Data showed a high level of engagement (77%) All participants reported some improvement with a mean Bipolar Self-Efficacy scale (BPSES) post-group score of 105.6 (SD=14.8). At group level, this change was not statistically significant (F (1, 15) = 0.71, p=0.41). At an individual level, two out of five showed a reliable change index >1.96. Conclusions Delivering a ‘digital’ group psychoeducation programme was possible due to careful planning and programme development. There was good uptake from service users suggesting it is a feasible approach with preliminary evidence of clinical benefit. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822014584/type/journal_articledigitalBIPOLARpsychoeducationcovid |
| spellingShingle | R. Gadelrab S. Simblett J. Hook S. Rickwood J. Martinez M. Johnstone C. Flower S. Bourne A. Young K. Macritchie Creating a Digital Psychoeducation Programme for bipolar disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic European Psychiatry digital BIPOLAR psychoeducation covid |
| title | Creating a Digital Psychoeducation Programme for bipolar disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Creating a Digital Psychoeducation Programme for bipolar disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| title_short | Creating a Digital Psychoeducation Programme for bipolar disorder in the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | creating a digital psychoeducation programme for bipolar disorder in the covid 19 pandemic |
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