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.…