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‘Psychosocial’ interventions with families and their effects on the course of schizophrenia: a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Christine Barrowclough  and
Nicholas Tarrier
Christine Barrowclough*
Affiliation:
District Psychology Department, Salford Health Authority, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester
Nicholas Tarrier
Affiliation:
District Psychology Department, Salford Health Authority, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester
*
1Address for correspondence: Ms Christine Barrowclough, District Psychology Department, Salford Health Authority, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester.
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Synopsis

Recent interest in the way social factors influence the course of schizophrenia has led to attempts to monitor and manipulate these factors. The work on the Expressed Emotion of the relative has been especially influential in this area. A number of studies have now been conducted in which a psychosocial intervention has been employed in an attempt to prevent relapse after discharge from hospital. These studies are reviewed with an emphasis on their methodological adequacy and on the nature of the intervention used. Recent studies have demonstrated a positive result for psychosocial interventions used in combination with neuroleptic medication. However, analysis of these studies does not allow us to conclude that we can identify the ‘active ingredients’ in these psychosocial treatment regimes. Although there is cause for optimism, further investigation is required.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , August 1984 , pp. 629 - 642
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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