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University of Colorado Study Shows Intensive Therapy Helps in Battle Against Bipolar Disorder.(Clinical report)

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Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder

BOULDER, Colo., April 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- New results from the largest federally funded bipolar study ever conducted show that patients who receive psychotherapy in addition to medication get better faster from bipolar disorder's debilitating depression and stay better longer, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher involved in the study.

Part of a $26.8 million effort, the study found that adding intensive psychotherapy to a bipolar patient's medication treatment made them one and a half times more likely to be clinically well during any month of the study year, compared with a group that didn't receive intensive therapy, according to…

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