Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients (N = 20) and clinicians (N = 6)

Gender (N)

 Male

4

5

 Female

16

1

Age (N)

 20–35 years

9

0

 36–50 years

8

3

 51–65 years

3

3

Education level (N)

 Higher education

9

 Secondary education

5

 Secondary vocational education

3

 Pre-vocational education

3

Years in treatment or years of experience as clinician (M, SD)

10.6 (8.8)

16.4 (10.3)

Years since bipolar disorder diagnosis (M, SD)

6.4 (6.3)

Bipolar disorder diagnosis (N)

 Bipolar disorder type I

 Bipolar disorder type II

9

11

Comorbid diagnoses (N)

 No comorbid Axis I/II disorder

 Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

 Autism Spectrum Disorder

 Sleep disorder

 Alcohol/drug dependence

 Personality disorder

12

1

1

1

1

6

Medication use (N)

 None

 Amphetamine

 Anti-epileptic

 Atypical antipsychotic

 Benzodiazepine

 Thyreomimetica

 Lithium

 Monoamine oxidase inhibitor

 Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

 Tricyclic antidepressant

2

1

10

10

9

2

5

3

4

1

Profession (N)

 Psychiatrist

3

 Psychologist

1

 Psychiatric nurse

2

Experience with technology in treatment (N)

 None

2

 A little experience

4

 A lot of experience

0