Psychoeducational Flashcards
When did psychoeducational models arise?
1970’s & 1980’s
Who developed PsychoEd models of therapy for Mental Illness?
Michael Goldstein -
Created a structured program to help families deal with stress of mental illness
Ian Faloon & Carol Anderson -
Similar program to address isolation, enmeshment
-Held survival skills workshops to help families learn how to deal with the illness
Who developed PsychoEd models of therapy for Medical Illness?
Donald Bloch, 1982 - Collaborative Family Health Care - collab between Medical care providers, therapists, & family to improve coping skills
What types of families were psychoeducational models intended to help?
Mental Illness: For families with members with a mental illness Dx; Schiz.
Medical Illness: For families with members with chronic or acute medical conditions: MS, diabetes, HIV
Family enrichment: to help families cope with bio disorders like autism, learning disabilities, epilepsy
How do psychoeducational models seek to help families with a member with a mental illness Dx?
Help the family cope and prevent relapse, by providing information about the Dx and about family patterns that may arise as a result of the Dx
What is the Family Enrichment model’s goal?
To address/enrich relationships in families where someone has a biological disorder (autism, learning disabilities, epilepsy)
How did the PsychoEd model arise for Mental Illness?
Schiz patients’ symptoms got worse when released from hospital to families, despite medication.
Families needed:
- Accurate info
- Education
- Skills
- Support
- Access to social resources
How does the PsychoEd mental illness (in-patient care) approach seek to do?
- Explore how the whole family attempts to cope
- Identify and discuss feelings (anger, grief, fear, etc.)
- Teach coping mechanisms
- Offer supports
Studies show that those who returned to less-stressful homes fared the best.
What are some names of PsychoEd therapy modalities for Mental Illness?
- Survival skills workshops
- Family enrichment
- Parent Management Training (for behavioral issues in kids)
- Attention Training (ADHD)
- Autism systemic treatments like ABA (ed component for parents emphasizing operant conditioning and social learning theory)
How is Family Enrichment therapy used?
In this PsychoEd approach, therapists help educate family about a particular circumstance, to prevent problems & symptoms, and to help manage relationships effectively.
- Relationship enhancement
- Marriage prep; remarriage
- Childbirth
- Parenting; step-families
What is Relationship Enhancement?
A PsychoEd approach created by Bernard Guerney, Jr. (1970’s)
- he worked w/Minuchin, Rogers.
10 Sessions:
- Expressive mode: gain self-awareness/self-expression
- Empathic mode: acquire listening/reflective responding skills
- Mode switching - facilitating communication
- Facilitative mode - participants help ea/o develop previous skills
- Problem solving & conflict resolution skills
- Maintenance and generalization skills to be practiced at home
What are notable Marital Enrichment Programs?
PREPARE = Preventative Intervention and Relationship Enhancement Program
Marriage Encounter
These are both PsychoEd approaches
Marriage Encounter - who created? What is it?
- A PsychoEd Catholic weekend retreat for married couples
- Father Gabriel Calvo
- Raises awareness of communication, problem solving, sexual intimacy, deterioration
PREP/PREPARE - What is it? Who created it?
- A PsychoEd Marriage enrichment program - engagement or marriage
- Floyd, Markman, Kelly, Blumberg, Stanley
- Participants learn communication and conflict resolution skills and discuss expectations for marriage
Who created Stepfamily Preparation Programs?
Emily & John Visher - Stepfamily Association of America
PsychoEd approach dealing with issues related to blended families
