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Smith DJ, Griffiths E, Poole R, di Florio A, Barnes E, Kelly MJ, Craddock N, Hood K, Simpson S. Beating Bipolar: exploratory trial of a novel internetbased psychoeducational treatment for bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord 2011: 13: 571–577. © 2011 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.

Objectives:  Psychoeducational approaches are promising interventions for the longterm management of bipolar disorder. In consultation with professionals, patients, and their families we have developed a novel webbased psychoeducational intervention for bipolar disorder called Beating Bipolar. We undertook a preliminary exploratory randomized trial to examine efficacy, feasibility and acceptability.

Methods:  This was an exploratory randomized controlled trial of Beating Bipolar (current controlled trials registration number: ISRCTN81375447). The control arm was treatmentasusual and the a …