Patients self-reported all drugs taken daily,using ChronoRecord software in their native language installed on a home computer.The ChronoRecord software was previously validated and described in detail.In addition to drugs taken,patients enter mood,sleep,and significant life events daily,and weight weekly.During patient training,each drug taken for bipolar disorder was seleccted from a list of psychotropic drugs in the software,displayed by brand and generic names for the country where the patient resides.For each selected drug,the pill strength was chosen from a list of available strengths.Everyday,for each drug,the patient entered the total number of pills taken.Patients could enter partial pills for tablets but not capsules.If a drug was not taken,the patient entered 0 pills for that drugs.The patient could modify the drugs taken throughout the study period as needed,and a drugs not included in the software list could be added by the patient