Bipolar early interventions using new digital technologies (BLEND): a feasibility trial
- Conditions
- Bipolar DisorderMental Health - Other mental health disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621001123831
- Lead Sponsor
- Orygen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 21
1. Age 15 to 25 years
2. Diagnosis of BD I or II
3. Ability to provide informed consent and/or have a parent or guardian provide consent
on their behalf.
4. Ability and willingness to nominate an emergency contact person, such as a close
family member
1.Has previously received 6-months of care through a tertiary mental health service or a multi-disciplinary team for bipolar disorder or psychosis.
2.Currently requiring tertiary mental health intervention or likely to require tertiary intervention in the next 6 months, due to high level of severity, complexity or risk.
3.Experiencing psychosis or manic episode
4.Intellectual disability that interferes with the likelihood of the participant receiving benefit from participation as judged by the treating clinician;
5.Inability to converse in, or read English. English does not have to be the young person’s primary language; Does not have access to the internet and an internet-enabled device;
6.High degree of hostility and impulsivity, as judged by the treating clinician, resulting in the clinician believing that inclusion in the research project may result in harm to the young person or other users (i.e. through interactions in the social network).
*Those experiencing a hypomanic episode will be treated, and upon remission, can be admitted to the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method