Child- and family-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric bipolar disorder: A randomized clinical trial

Résumé

Objective: Previous studies have found that family-based psychosocial treatments are effective adjuncts to pharmacotherapy among adults and adolescents with bipolar disorder (BD). The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of adjunctive child- and family-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CFF-CBT) to psychotherapy as usual (control) for mood symptom severity and global functioning in children with BD. Method: Sixty-nine youth, aged 7 to 13 years (mean = 9.19