The field of people who are living well with schizophrenia working as resources and
supports to others living with the illness is an idea that is growing momentum. This …

Objective This study was conducted to test the effects of a nine-month family-led peer
support group for Chinese people with schizophrenia in Hong Kong over a three-year follow …

Peers with shared lived experience may help people with schizophrenia (PWS) recover in
many ways, such as by assisting them to cope with debilitating symptoms, address practical …

Family interventions in schizophrenia have shown positive effects on patients but little
attention has been paid to their effects on family members, particularly those in non-Western …

This article provides a snapshot of the nature, guiding philosophy, and empiric status of
interventions for people with schizophrenia that go beyond traditional …

Most people with schizophrenia have frequent contact with their families. Therefore, the
family should be involved in their relative's treatment and care wherever possible, so that …

Peer support is based on the belief that people who have faced, endured, and overcome
adversity can offer useful support, encouragement, hope, and perhaps mentorship to others …

Background Peer support provides the opportunity for peers with experiential knowledge of
a mental illness to give emotional, appraisal and informational assistance to current service …

Family interventions for schizophrenia have been amply demonstrated to be effective and
are recommended by most of the international clinical guidelines. However, their …

BackgroundFamily intervention in schizophrenia can reduce patient relapse and improve
medication adherence, but few studies on this have involved a Chinese population. AimsTo …