A control study psychoeducational family intervention for relatives of schizophrenics in a Chinese rural community / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the characteristic and effect of psychoeducational family intervention for schizophrenic patients.Methods 200 patients with schizophrenia were divided into two groupsdrug treatment plus psychoeducational family intervention(n=100),drub treatment(n=100),to carry cut a nine-month follow-up comparative study.Results Compared with drug treatment,intervention group had more essential knowledge about the disease and improved their caring attitudes to the patients,and the patients were more compliant in treatment(P