Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: SIgns and Symptoms Self-Monitoring and Psychoeducation in bipoLar Patients With a Smart-phonE Application (SIMPLE)
Brief Summary: Bipolar disorder is a frequent condition in the general population with a high morbimortality, which consists in dysfunctional temporal fluctuations between different mood phases ranging from depression to manic episodes with frequent subsyndromal symptoms between them. Usually during these phases, the subjects have a lack of insight about the diagnosis and symptoms. Besides the pharmacological treatment, additional psychological interventions have shown to improve the long-term outcome of the disorder, yet taking into account the limited resources currently available, its general implementation is still difficult and costly. Among these interventions, group psychoeducational programs have proved to be cost-effective in helping patients recognize early signs and symptoms in order to prevent full blown episodes which very usually are associated with a high morbidity and hospital admissions.

On the other hand, numerous projects have tested the potential benefits of new technologies such internet in the treatment of bipolar and psychotic disorders patients using either online signs and symptoms monitoring or web-based psychoeducational programs, yet to the investigators knowledge, none of them have integrated both approaches in one single intervention.

The hypothesis that, combining both interventions (signs and symptoms monitoring along with psychoeducational contents) in a single smart-phone application will prove to be at least equal or superior in terms of efficacy comparing to the standard treatment, seems promising, given the fact that both approaches have independently demonstrated their efficacy in the same population. This could extend the range of the patients in whom this kind of additional interventions could be implemented; preventing relapses, suicide attempts, consultations and hospitalizations at a much lower cost.


Options:
A: Arm Label: SIMPLe 2.0 plus Treatment as Usual (TAU); Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Device: SIMPLE 2.0 | Arm Label: Treatment as usual (TAU); Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: DEVICE; Name: SIMPLE 2.0; Assigned to Arm(s): SIMPLe 2.0 plus Treatment as Usual (TAU)
B: Arm Label: Collaborative depression care; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Collaborative depression care management | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Collaborative depression care management; Assigned to Arm(s): Collaborative depression care
C: Arm Label: Arm 1 Telemedicine Outreach for PTSD; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Telemedicine Outreach for PTSD | Arm Label: Arm 2 Treatment as usual; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Telemedicine Outreach for PTSD; Assigned to Arm(s): Arm 1 Telemedicine Outreach for PTSD
D: Arm Label: TEAMcare treatment of diabetes; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: TEAMcare treatment of diabetes | Arm Label: Treatment as usual; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: TEAMcare treatment of diabetes; Assigned to Arm(s): TEAMcare treatment of diabetes

Answer: A