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The impact of therapeutic relatives’ groups on the course of illness of schizophrenic patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

G Buchkremer ,
H Schulze Mönking ,
R Holle  and
WP Hornung
G Buchkremer
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Department, Tübingen University
H Schulze Mönking
Affiliation:
St. Rochus-Hospital, Telgte
R Holle
Affiliation:
Centre for Methodological Supervision of Therapeutic Studies (ZMBT), Institute for Med. Biometry and Computer Studies, Heidelberg University
WP Hornung
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Department, Münster University, Germany
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Summary

This study considers the question of whether relapse rates among schizophrenic patients can be reduced by means of relatives' groups. In a randomized, controlled intervention study, two therapeutic strategies (therapeutic relatives' groups, initiated relatives' self-help groups) were compared with each other and with a control group. Interventions were confined to the relatives, with the patients continuing their standard treatment. The study involved 151 relatives of 99 chronic DSMIII schizophrenics. Data were collected before and after a 1-year intervention phase and in a 2-year follow-up. No difference existed between the groups with respect to rehospitalization data. However, numerous differences recorded in the psychopathological findings and in living and working circumstances suggest that therapeutic work with relatives is of clinically significant benefit.

Keywords

relatives' groupsschizophreniaexpressed emotionfamily therapyself-help groups
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Original Articles
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European Psychiatry , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , 1995 , pp. 17 - 27
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1995

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Footnotes

This study was funded by the German Ministry of Research and Technology.

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