title: Does a psychoeducational approach reach targeted patients with bipolar disorder?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The goal of this paper was to determine factors which are related to motivation of bipolar patients to attend a psychoeducation program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with bipolar disorder which had at least four years of prospective follow-ups were invited to a 6-week psychoeducation program. Patients who accepted and those who refused the participation were compared using several clinical characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 173 patients who were invited, 84 participated in the program. Participants had significantly more family history of bipolar disorder and suicide, good response to prophylactic treatment, full medication adherence, therapeutic blood levels of mood stabilizers, regular follow-up visits, mixed episodes, and significantly less total number of episodes. Presence of mixed episodes, full medication adherence and therapeutic blood level of mood stabilizers were found predictive for attendance in logistic regression analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest motivation and participation rates of patients who attended a psychoeducation program were constrained. Factors associated with a poor response to psychopharmacologic treatments also seem valid for non-attendance to the psychological interventions.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical School, Psychiatry Department, Mood Disorders Unit, 34390 Capa-Istanbul, Turkey. drsibelcakir@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.forename: Rakel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bensusan
authors.forename: Zeynep K
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Akca
authors.forename: Olcay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yazici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies