Perceived helpfulness of bipolar disorder treatment: Findings from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.
Andrew A NierenbergMeredith G HarrisAlan E KazdinVictor Puac-PolancoNancy SampsonDaniel V VigoWai Tat ChiuHannah N ZiobrowskiJordi AlonsoYasmin AltwaijriGuilherme BorgesBrendan BuntingJosé Miguel Caldas-de-AlmeidaJosep Maria HaroChi-Yi HuAndrzej KiejnaSing LeeJohn J McGrathFernando Navarro-MateuJosé Posada-VillaKate M ScottJuan C StagnaroMaria C VianaRonald C Kesslernull nullPublished in: Bipolar disorders (2021)
Probability of patients with mania/hypomania and associated depression obtaining helpful treatment might increase substantially if persistence in help-seeking increased after initially unhelpful treatments, although this could require seeing numerous additional treatment providers. In addition to investigating reasons for initial treatments not being helpful, messages reinforcing the importance of persistence should be emphasized to patients.