Bipolar Disorder Measures in Clinical Care
Bipolar Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Bipolar Disorder focused on measuring primary care, measurement-based care
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- clinician diagnosis of bipolar disorder, and elevated symptoms of bipolar disorder based on classification by the Internal State Scale (ISS) as depressed, mixed manic-depressive, or (hypo)manic state, planned continued care in the same primary care clinic, and either a new consultation by or referral to the integrated behavioral health (IBH) mental health clinicians, or a recent change in bipolar disorder medication treatment,
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to consent to participation in research, not planning to return for follow-up in the same primary care clinic
Sites / Locations
- University of Washington
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
MBC for depressive and manic symptoms
MBC for depressive symptoms only
Measurement-based care (MBC) is a clinical strategy involving consistent assessment of clinical status and using those findings to drive clinical decision making. MBC involves clinic staff providing the measure to the patient at each visit which the patient completes and returns, staff enters results into the electronic medical record, clinician reviews current results and compares to past results, and discusses with the patient. The experimental condition patients will receive MBC for manic and depressive symptoms.
The active comparator arm patients will receive MBC for depressive symptoms.