Family management in the prevention of morbidity of schizophrenia: social outcome of a two-year longitudinal study.

摘要: Effective community treatment of schizophrenia involves not merely the removal florid symptoms, but restoration effective social role functioning. The efficacy a family management approach is compared with an individual similar intensity in terms its impact on patient's adjustment after episode schizophrenia. Clinical reports, patient self-reports, and interviews members 36 patients, who were randomly assigned to or management, demonstrated consistent superiority for management. advantages sustained over two-year period. potential mechanisms through which may have achieved greater are discussed from multi-determined perspective.