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The initial invitation to the participation in the research program on the group
psychoeducation was directed to ambulatory patients treated due to bipolar disorders
in the outpatient clinic and other urban clinics by attending physicians informed about
the program.
Eligibility for the study took place at the appointed personal meeting with the main
researcher. Fifty one people fulfilled the study inclusion criteria (diagram 1) and signed
an written informed consent. Cycles of psychoeducation took place in the years 2009-
2010. The final statistical analysis included 24 people. The process of the recruitment
and inclusion criteria to the final statistical analysis are presented in diagram 1. In table
1 the basic demographic characteristics of the studied group are presented.