Psychotherapy use in XXXX : Association with functioning and illness severity.

@entity1 @entity162 @entity148 @entity1091 @entity1089
OBJECTIVE: This study examines characteristics of individuals with @entity162 who sought psychotherapy versus those who did not. METHODS: Bipolar CHOICE was an 11-site comparative effectiveness study of @entity1091 versus @entity1089 in symptomatic outpatients (N = 482) with @entity162 . At baseline, @entity1 ' psychotherapy use within the past 3 months, mood, functioning, and overall health were assessed. Logistic regressions were used to test whether psychotherapy users and non-users differed on various demographic and clinical variables at baseline. Mixed-effects regression was used to determine whether psychotherapy groups differed on response to treatment over the 6-month study. Kaplan-Meier plots and log-rank tests were employed to test whether there were any differences in time to recovery (CGI-BP  <= 2 for at least 8 weeks) between the groups. RESULTS: Thirty one percent of @entity1 reported using psychotherapy services. Psychotherapy users reported greater medication side effect burden than non-users and were more likely to have moderate to high suicide risk and at least one @entity148 . @entity1 not utilizing medications or psychotherapy had greater mania symptom severity, were younger, and less educated than medication only users. Medication only users were more likely to be married than the other @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that a minority of individuals with @entity162 attend psychotherapy services, and those that do have greater illness burden.
