The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1989 · 253 citations · 16 references
MedicinePsychiatryPsychologyCommunity PsychiatryFamily InterventionMental Health CareFamily SupportFamily-based InterventionsFamily-based TreatmentPsychiatric RehabilitationRelapse PreventionTreatment Of Mental DisordersCommunity-based Follow-upCommunity-based Psychiatric RehabilitationFamily Treatment GroupsFamily-based Relapse PreventionHospital Readmission RatesReadmission EpidemiologyReadmission RatesSchizophrenia Rehabilitation
The relapse and readmission rates of schizophrenic patients who participated in a controlled trial of a nine-month behavioural family intervention trial based on the EE status of their relatives are presented at two years. The patients who received the behavioural family intervention had lower rates of relapse and readmission than patients from high-EE homes who had received a short educational programme or routine treatment. The relapse rate of the behavioural family intervention group (33%) was the same as that of the low-EE group (33%), and significantly lower than that of the non-intervention high-EE group (59%).
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