Objective To synthesise the evidence on implementing family involvement in the treatment of
patients with psychosis with a focus on barriers, problems and facilitating factors. Design …

Antipsychotic pharmacotherapy is the standard of care for the treatment of schizophrenia.
Although pharmacotherapy effectively improves some symptoms, others can remain …

Objective: Caregivers experience physical and mental stress that ends up lowering their
quality of life (QoL). Our goal was to research (a) the level of caregivers QoL;(b) the …

Background This study explored the effectiveness of family psycho-education in reducing
patients' symptoms and on family caregiver burden. Methods Seventy Iranian outpatients …

Introduction Caregivers of patients of schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder (BAD)
experience considerable burden while caring their patients. They develop different coping …

Objective: This study explored the effectiveness of a psychoeducation-al family intervention
for schizophrenia on patients' personal and social functioning as well as on relatives' burden …

Background Evaluations of interventions to improve implementation of guidelines have
failed to produce a clear pattern of results favouring a particular method. While …

Methods The study was a randomized controlled trial that used a repeated-measures
design. It was undertaken between January 2004 and December 2005 and was approved …

Background Empirical evidence shows that family involvement (FI) can play a pivotal role in
the coping and recovery of persons with severe mental illness (SMI). Nevertheless, various …

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 …