Treatment
Psychoeducation
The term psychoeducation was originally used to describe a therapeutic behavioral concept that consisted of four components: briefing clients about the illness they have, communication training, self-assertiveness training, and problem solving training (Bäuml, Froböse, Kraemer, Rentrop, & Pitschel-Walz, 2006). It originated in the late 1970s after the realization that conventional family therapy in which clinicians assumed family dysfunction proved to be least effective and possibly even damaging to the client and family’s well-being (Bäuml, Froböse, Kraemer, Rentrop, & Pitschel-Walz, 2006). Researchers recognized the crucial role the family played in an individual’s recovery and endeavored to engage families collaboratively. …show more content…
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In a review of the research on the benefits of short-term family psychoeducation programs, researchers found improvements in knowledge and limited family burden, but no effect on the severity or course of the psychiatric disorder. On the other hand, Mueser and his colleagues (2003) found that long-term family psychoeducation sessions which last for more than six months have a significant effect on reducing relapse rates and re-hospitalization rates over a period of at least two years.
In order to address the multifaceted set of challenges that arise for individuals who have a serious mental illness, psychoeducation builds on a series of skills that exemplify the shift to a strengths-based intervention. This includes service coordination, attention to family conflict, communication, loss, problem solving, attention to both social and clinical needs for the individual with the illness, and social support for the family (Lukens & McFarlane,
Psychoeducation
The term psychoeducation was originally used to describe a therapeutic behavioral concept that consisted of four components: briefing clients about the illness they have, communication training, self-assertiveness training, and problem solving training (Bäuml, Froböse, Kraemer, Rentrop, & Pitschel-Walz, 2006). It originated in the late 1970s after the realization that conventional family therapy in which clinicians assumed family dysfunction proved to be least effective and possibly even damaging to the client and family’s well-being (Bäuml, Froböse, Kraemer, Rentrop, & Pitschel-Walz, 2006). Researchers recognized the crucial role the family played in an individual’s recovery and endeavored to engage families collaboratively. …show more content…
(p. 397)
In a review of the research on the benefits of short-term family psychoeducation programs, researchers found improvements in knowledge and limited family burden, but no effect on the severity or course of the psychiatric disorder. On the other hand, Mueser and his colleagues (2003) found that long-term family psychoeducation sessions which last for more than six months have a significant effect on reducing relapse rates and re-hospitalization rates over a period of at least two years.
In order to address the multifaceted set of challenges that arise for individuals who have a serious mental illness, psychoeducation builds on a series of skills that exemplify the shift to a strengths-based intervention. This includes service coordination, attention to family conflict, communication, loss, problem solving, attention to both social and clinical needs for the individual with the illness, and social support for the family (Lukens & McFarlane,