Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy
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Behav Cogn Psychother · May 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialA pilot Web based positive parenting intervention to help bipolar parents to improve perceived parenting skills and child outcomes.
Children of bipolar parents are at elevated risk for psychiatric disorders including bipolar disorder. Helping bipolar parents to optimize parenting skills may improve their children's mental health outcomes. Clear evidence exists for benefits of behavioural parenting programmes, including those for depressed mothers. However, no studies have explored web-based self-directed parenting interventions for bipolar parents. ⋯ A web-based positive parenting intervention may have benefits for bipolar parents and their children. Initial results support improvement in child behaviour and perceived parenting. A more definitive study addressing the limitations of the current work is now called for.