Background. A prospective quasi-experimental design was used to evaluate the effect of
training CPNs to undertake psychosocial intervention with families caring for a relative with …

Community psychiatric nurses were trained to deliver psychosocial intervention to clients
with a diagnosis of schizophrenia living at home with relatives. The training package …

A group of community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) received training via a short part‐time
course to deliver psychosocial intervention (PI) to families caring for a relative with …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this review was to determine the nature of support that mental
health nurses could deliver to carers of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The aim was …

Accessible summary• A significant amount of evidence has demonstrated that families and
carers play an important role in an individual's recovery from a first episode of psychosis …

Background. Community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) are increasingly working in primary
health care with non-psychotic patients. This study was designed to test the efficacy of this …

Background In 1993, Kavanagh and colleagues outlined outcomes from a training
programme designed to equip mental health practitioners to deliver evidence‐based …

The purpose of the study was to evaluate whether community psychiatric nurses trained in
family work skills could effectively alter the emotional environment in families caring for a …

Background. Carers' satisfaction with psychiatric services related to information and advice
is generally poor. This may be particularly true for services trying to meet the needs of …

BackgroundFamily interventions are effective in reducing relapse in patients with
schizophrenia, but there is little work demonstrating the effectiveness of the interventions in …