AUTHOR=Seyyedi Nasooh Abad Maryam , Vaghee Saeed , Aemmi Seyedeh Zahra 

TITLE=Effect of Psychoeducation Group Training Based on Problem-Solving Skills for Women Experiencing Bipolar Spouse Abuse

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.561369

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2021.561369

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Aim:</bold> Wives of patients with bipolar disorder as informal caregivers are at high risk for spouse abuse and need to learn coping strategies such as problem-solving skills to manage problematic situations. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the psychoeducation group training based on problem-solving skills for women experiencing bipolar spouse abuse.</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> A randomized clinical trial design was used for this study. In intervention group, women experiencing bipolar spouse abuse participated in four problem-solving skills training sessions and women in two groups (intervention = 30 and control = 30) completed the Index of Spouse Abuse at baseline and after 2 months.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> The results indicated that changes in abuse scores (physical, non-physical and total of Index of Spouse Abuse) after the intervention were significantly different among the two groups (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.0001). Although abuse scores decreased in both the intervention and the control groups, but lower abuse scores in the intervention than control group were statistically significant.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Our findings support that the problem-solving skills training intervention can help to decrease the women experience of bipolar spouse abuse.</p>