Integrated Bipolar Parenting Intervention
Summary
IBPI has been co-created with parents with bipolar.
Its aim is to help people with bipolar with their parenting.
Testing to see if using IBPI is helpful for parents with bipolar by measuring its ability to:
Reduce children's behavioural and emotional outcomes.
Reduce parent's stress and anxiety.
Improve parent's mood symptoms.
Improve parenting confidence and competence.
Improve overall family functioning.
We are also testing the cost effectiveness of IBPI.
For more information please click HERE for the full summary.
Sponsor - Lancaster University
Recruitment End Date - 31st January 2025
Type of Study - PIC
RSI Points - 200
Practice Involvement
Search.
Screening of patients.
Inviting patients (via SMS)
Patients will respond directly to the study team.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
Bipolar disorder (BD) diagnosis of parent, confirmed by structured clinical interview.
Have a child aged 4-10 years with >10 hours of face-to-face contact weekly. This is defined as the "index child". Where more than one child in the family meets these criteria, the parent is asked to select one child as the focus for child behaviour and parenting assessment.
Internet access.
Ability to provide informed consent.
Resident in UK.
Exclusion
Primary parent diagnosis of alcohol/other substance misuse.
Parents already recieveing a parenting interevntion and/or intensive psychotherapy.
Index child in receipt of current psychological therapy.
Child identified by social services/multi-agency partners due to current or ongoing child protection concerns.
***To express an interest for the IBPI study please use the form provided and a member of the team will be in touch***