Pharmacotherapy and Family-Focused Treatment for Adolescents With Bipolar I and II Disorders: A 2-Year Randomized Trial

David J. Miklowitz,Christopher D. Schneck,Elizabeth L. George,Dawn O. Taylor,Catherine A. Sugar,Boris Birmaher,Robert A. Kowatch,Melissa P. DelBello,David Axelson

Pharmacotherapy and Family-Focused Treatment for Adolescents With Bipolar I and II Disorders: A 2-Year Randomized Trial

2014

David J. Miklowitz
Christopher D. Schneck
Elizabeth L. George
Dawn O. Taylor
Catherine A. Sugar
Boris Birmaher
Robert A. Kowatch
Melissa P. DelBello
David Axelson

Intensive family-focused treatment together with pharmacotherapy proved no more effective than pharmacotherapy with brief psychotherapy in hastening recovery or delaying recurrence of bipolar disorder among adolescents.

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Randomized controlled trial
Psychiatric status rating scales
Bipolar disorder
Clinical psychology
Psychology
Family therapy
Psychotherapist
Pharmacotherapy
Psychiatry
Brief psychotherapy
treatment outcome

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