The Nithsdale schizophrenia surveys. VIII: Do relatives want family intervention--and does it help? Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Sixty-three relatives of 52 schizophrenics living at home were offered a package of treatments by professionals working in an everyday NHS setting: educational seminars, relatives' groups, and family meetings. Thirty-two relatives refused intervention. Of the 31 relatives who agreed, 14 attended neither the educational seminars nor the relatives' groups. Seventeen relatives had a mean of ten treatment sessions, but there was little change in their level of expressed emotion after intervention. The number of patients who relapsed was the same in the 18 months before and after intervention, although the total number of relapses fell after intervention.

publication date

  • January 1, 1991

Research

keywords

  • Family
  • Family Therapy
  • Patient Compliance
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schizophrenic Psychology

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0026008001

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1192/bjp.158.1.110

PubMed ID

  • 2015432

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 158