Family Therapy

Question 1

Family therapy

Answer 1

Involves providing fam members with info about schiz and finding ways to support the individual/resolving problems
Should involve person with psychosis
Aims to improve household relationships, open discussions and listening to each other

Question 2

Often used with…

Answer 2

Drug treatments and clinical care
Encouraged to explain to fam what supports them and what makes things worse for them

Question 3

Process

Answer 3

Offered for a duration of 3-12 months for at least 10 sessions in attempt to reduce level of expressed emotion within the fam

Question 4

Involves (strategies)

Answer 4

Psycho education (helping understanding)
Alliance formation ( info on how to support to fam)
Maintaining reasonable expectations
Encouraging relatives

Question 5

Support

Answer 5

Pharaoh et al found through 53 studies that patients showed improvement in social functioning/mental state + reduced relapse rates

Question 6

Lim

Answer 6

Wu et al noted 53 of studies by pharaoh et al did not use random allocation therefore discredits study
Questioning effectiveness

Question 7

Support - cobban et al

Answer 7

Cobban et al analysed result of 50 fam studies + 60% of these reported a sig positive impact on fam following intervention

Question 8

Lim

Answer 8

Methodological issues
Quality of evidence used to support
Small scan studies which lack controls
Criticism as large no of studies came from china = not culturally gen