Impacts of Individual and Family Psychoeducation on Lithium and Bilirubin Blood Serum Levels of the Bipolar Disorder Patients type 1

This study aims to investigate the impacts of individual and family psychoeducation on bipolar 1 patients to balance the Lithium and Bilirubin biomarkers while in psychiatric routin treatment. After investigating inclusion and exclusion criteria, a sample of 66 bipolar disorder I patients were purposfuly selected. Subjects were divided into three groups randomly: individual- psychoeducation, family- psychoeducation and control group. The first two  experimental groups received individual and family psychoeducation, while the control group had simple visits by a counselor. Lithium and Bilirubin serume levels  were measured using the Pars Azmoon laboratory kits in three phases of pretest, posttest and follow-up. Data were extracted and analyzed by a Multivariate Analysis of Covariance. Results showed a significant difference for the Lithium serum level of research groups. Family psychoeducation group at posttest showed a significant higher average than control group. The family psychoeducation group at 2 months follow up was higher in the serum Lithium level than control group as well. Family psychoeducation  could balance the lithium serum levels, and control the symptoms of bipolar disorder 1 in short and long term. The  adjunct individual and family psychoeducation are recommended to this patients beside their routin psychiatric treatments.