Shared Medical Decision Making in the Prophylactic Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

Shared Medical Decision Making in the Prophylactic Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

The investigators hypothesize that implementation of a shared decision making care plan for prophylactic treatment will help therapeutic adherence of bipolar patients. They also anticipate that patients treated according to a shared decision making plan will have an elevated satisfaction of their care, quality of life and functionment, as well as a lower number of relapses

Inclusion Criteria:

• The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form
• The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
• The patient must be available for the 12 months of follow-up
• The patient is at least 18 years old
• Patients is suffering from bipolar disorder (I or II) according to DSM-5 criteria
• Following resolution of a mood episode (manic or depressive according to DSM-5 criteria) according to the criteria of l'International Society for Bipolar Disorder (Recovery, clinical remission of at least 4 weeks)
• Followed by at least one of the practitioner belonging to one of the participating centers
• Without comprehension problems of fluent French

Exclusion Criteria:

• The subject is participating in an interventional study, or has participated in another interventional study within the previous 3 months
• The subject is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study
• The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship
• It is impossible to give the subject informed information, or the subject refuses to sign the consent
• The subject has already participated in this study
• The patient has troubles linked to the usage of severe intensive substances (such as those defined by the DMS-5)
• The patient has a revision of the initial diagnosis of bipolar disorder