Group-based Psychoeducation for Relatives of Patients With Bipolar Disorder, a Randomized Controlled Trial

Group-based psychoeducation for relatives. Group size: 20-40 relatives. Duration of intervention: six sessions, each two hours long with a 15 minutes break, over a period of 6-10 weeks. The sessions are held by experienced clinicians from the Copenhagen Affective Disorder Clinic, one chief physician and one nurse. Each session focuses on a specific topic, which the clinicians present and discuss using a presentation viewer. The sessions are interactive, and the participants are encouraged to ask questions during the presentations. During each session the participants will have some discussions in smaller groups to reflect on a topics and issues raised during the session.