Treatment
DIAGNOSIS: SCHIZOPHRENIA
TREATMENT: GROUP PSYCHOEDUCATION FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
BRIEF SUMMARY
Basic description: "Psychoeducation treatment involves providing patients with information about bipolar disorder and its treatment, with a primary goal being to improve adherence to pharmacological treatment by helping patients understand the biological roots of the disorder and the rationale for pharmacological treatments. Patients are also taught the early warning signs for episodes, and common triggers for symptoms. Psychoeducation interventions are typically—but not always—held in group format. The best tested approach consists of 21 group sessions (Colom & Vieta, 2006)."
https://div12.org/treatment/psychoeducation-for-bipolar-disorder/
TREATMENT RESOURCES
TREATMENT MANUALS
Psychoeducational groups for patients with schizophrenia: A guide for practitioners (Ascher-Svanum, 1991)
OTHER RESOURCES
CRITICAL STUDIES
Group psychoeducation for long‐term offender patients with schizophrenia: An exploratory randomised controlled trial (Aho-Mustonen et al., 2011)
The significance of coping as a therapeutic variable for the outcome of psychological therapy in schizophrenia (Andres et al., 2003)
Increasing self-esteem: efficacy of a group intervention for individuals with severe mental disorders (Borras et al., 2009)
Group therapy for schizophrenia: A meta-analysis (Burlingame et al., 2020)
An international multi-site, randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based psychoeducation group programme for people with schizophrenia (Chien et al., 2017)
Efficacy of the team solutions program for educating patients about illness management and treatment (Vreeland et al., 2006)
A randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based intervention program for people with schizophrenia: 6-month follow-up (Wang et al., 2016)