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September 5, 2025BMC PsychiatryOpen Access

Becoming diplomats with boundaries - a thematic analysis of relatives’ experiences with group-based psychoeducation about bipolar disorder

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JSJulie Ravneberg StokholmAWAnna Kristine WaldemarLKLars Vedel Kessing

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Overview

Qualitative analysis reveals key themes in relatives' psychoeducation experiences with bipolar disorder, suggesting improvements for treatment support.

Key Points

  • Participants valued shared experiences to better cope with bipolar disorder, and significant theme was recognizing similarities.
  • Understanding bipolar disorder and its treatment enhanced participants' trust in the treatment process, with varied knowledge gain.
  • Interviews revealed challenges in setting boundaries, highlighting a need for increased focus on this topic in psychoeducation.
  • Group-based psychoeducation was deemed feasible, but adjustments like smaller discussion groups could further improve its effectiveness.

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Stokholm et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c239e5b210217d6477e904https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07219-y
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