A systematic review and economic model of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions for preventing relapse in people with bipolar disorder.

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pharmacological and/or psychosocial interventions for the prevention of relapse in people with bipolar disorder. DATA SOURCES: Major electronic databases were searched up to September 2005. REVIEW METHODS: Systematic reviews were undertaken on the clinical and economic effectiveness of treatments. An analysis was performed using the methods of mixed treatment comparison (MTC) to enable indirect comparisons to be mad...

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Authors: Soares-Weiser, K; Bravo Vergel, Y; Beynon, S; Dunn, G; Barbieri, M

• Journal: Health technology assessment (Winchester, England)
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 39
• Pages: iii-206
• Publication date: 2007-10-01
• EISSN: 2046-4924
• ISSN: 1366-5278
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cognitive Therapy; Databases, Bibliographic; Valproic Acid; Triazines; Antipsychotic Agents; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Antimanic Agents; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Benzodiazepines; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Models, Economic; Carbamazepine; Bipolar Disorder; Lithium; Recurrence; Antidepressive Agents; Male; Female; Humans; Adult