Future Internet Social and Technological Alignment Research

Bipolar disorder patients frequently presents recurring episodes and often experience subsyndromal symptoms, cognitive impairment and difficulties in the functioning with a low quality of life, relapses of disease and recurring hospitalization. Early diagnosis and appropriate intervention may play a role in preventing the neuroprogressive course of bipolar illness. The new technologies represent an opportunity to develop psychological standardized treatments using internet devices that minimizing the limitations of face to face treatments because of its accessibility that allow adjusting to the availability of each user. However, although exist many online psychological programs through web and mobile devices for bipolar disorder, there is not evidence about their efficacy and effectiveness due to the variability in measures and methodology used.