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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 29 (1994), S. 149-154 
    ISSN: 1433-9285
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In recent years, self-help groups for relatives of schizophrenic patients have become a vital organization in Germany. The commitment of group members is often impressive, but an empirical study investigating the impact of the activity in such groups has yet to be published. An initial approach was made possible by the Münster Families Study, a prospective evaluation study designed to register the impact of relatives' self-help schizophrenic patients. Following a 1-year therapeutic phase, two relatives' self-help groups were formed; these were followed for 2 years. The study showed that relatives of severely mentally ill male patients with high levels of expressed emotion (EE) were most likely to join self-help groups. In the 2-year follow-up period, there was a tendency towards a more favourable development among these patients than among the comparably ill patients forming a control group, whose relatives were not involved in self-help. What was more marked, however, was the positive development among involved relatives, whose EE levels remained unchanged but who displayed higher levels of social contacts and fewer physical complaints. When encouraging the formation of such self-help groups, however, it has to be borne in mind that only a small proportion of relatives can be motivated to, or are capable of, active long-term involvement.
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    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Schizophrenie ; Psychoedukation ; Angehörigengruppen ; Rezidivprophylaxe ; Langzeiteffekte ; Key words Schizophrenia ; Psychoeducation ; Keyperson counseling ; Relapse prevention ; Long-term effects
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary In this study we investigated whether, in conjunction with neuroleptics, a psychoeducational and cognitively oriented treatment for schizophrenic outpatients and their key-persons can improve the course of schizophrenic illness within a 2-year follow-up. This prospective randomized study covered a total of 191 schizophrenic patients (according to DSM-III-R) and comprised a psychoeducational training and cognitive psychotherapy for patients and counseling for their key persons in various combinations. Patients were examined before, immediately after and 2 years after the end of the intervention. Patients in the treatment groups reduced their overall psychopathology and their attention deficit. For patients receiving all three treatment conditions, there was a relevant preventive effect with regard to the rehospitalization rate appearing during the second year of the follow-up. We conclude that in the mid-term, a combination of psychoeducational and cognitively oriented therapy for patients and their keypersons can improve the course of schizophrenic illness.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Untersuchung beantwortet die Frage, ob eine ambulante psychoedukativ-psychotherapeutische Behandlung schizophrener Patienten und ihrer Angehörigen in Verbindung mit einer neuroleptischen Medikation in den 2 Jahren nach Abschluß der Therapie den Krankheitsverlauf der Patienten günstig beeinflussen kann. Es handelt sich um eine prospektive Studie im randomisierten Kontrollgruppendesign, in die 191 ambulant behandelte Schizophrene (DSM-III-R-Kriterien) aufgenommen wurden. Die Behandlungsbedingungen bestanden aus einem psychoedukativen Training und einer kognitiven Psychotherapie für die Patienten sowie aus einer Bezugspersonenberatung für deren Angehörige, jeweils in unterschiedlichen Kombinationen. Die Untersuchungen fanden vor Beginn, unmittelbar am Ende, sowie 12 und 24 Monate nach Therapieabschluß statt. In der Therapiegesamtgruppe verbesserten sich einzelne psychopathologische Parameter. Eine nominell statistisch signifikante Reduktion der Rehospitalisierungsrate fand sich bei der Patientengruppe mit allen 3 Behandlungsbedingungen. Der rezidivprophylaktische Effekt dieses komplexen psychoedukativ-psychotherapeutischen Behandlungsangebots entwickelte sich erst innerhalb des 2. Katamnesejahrs. Damit ist von einer mittelfristigen rezidivprophylaktischen Wirkung dieses komplexen Therapieangebots, das sowohl Patienten als auch Angehörige einbezieht, auszugehen.
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