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AUTHOR
Ana Asencio
Do all people with schizophrenia receive the same benefit from different family intervention programs?
The study evaluated baseline characteristics that could be used to predict the outcome of family intervention in schizophrenia and focussed on identifying the subgroups of patients who were more likely to respond to one therapeutic modality than another. We conducted a controlled trial in which participants were assigned at random to either a Behavioral Family Intervention Group or a Relatives' Group. Patients in one catchment area, having suffered one psychotic relapse within the previous year and living with their families, were assessed by an independent evaluator at baseline and 12 months later. Some clinical and family factors such as the duration of illness, number of hospital admissi…
Family interventions in schizophrenia: an analysis of non-adherence.
Montero I, Asencio AP, Ruiz I, Hernandez I. Family interventions in schizophrenia: an analysis of non-adherence. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1999: 100: 136–141. © Munksgaard 1999. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify baseline factors which may make it possible to predict non-adherence to prescribed treatment. Method: A total of 87 schizophrenic patients in a catchment area of Valencia (Spain) were randomly assigned to two family strategies. The characteristics associated with lack of adherence to the programmes were analysed in both the patients and their families. Results: Older patients, those with a higher number of previous hospital admissions, those living in small households and …