Daily electronic self-monitoring in bipolar disorder using smartphones - The MONARCA i trial: A randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blind, parallel group trial

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2691-2704

  Faurholt Jepsen, M ^a   Frost, M ^b   Ritz, C ^c   Christensen, E M ^a   Jacoby, A S ^a   Mikkelsen, R L ^a   Knorr, U ^a   Bardram, J E ^b   Vinberg, M ^a   Kessing, L V ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; electronic self monitoring; feedback loop; randomized controlled trial; smartphone; the MONARCA I trial

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMARTPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMARTPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941260618     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291715000410     Document Type: Article

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