Family interventions in psychosis

TY - CHAP

T1 - Family interventions in psychosis

AU - Onwumere, Juliana

AU - Hunter, Elaine

AU - Kuipers, Elizabeth

PY - 2014/1/1

Y1 - 2014/1/1

N2 - Achieving adequate response to therapy for schizophrenia goes well beyond the ‘antipsychotic response’ of medications. Response does not occur in a vacuum and the support of relatives is crucial. Moreover, studies that focuses on family interventions-through a range of approaches-show compelling evidence of the positive impact of family support upon the person’s outcomes. This chapter illustrates core principles as well as reviewing interventional studies with respect to familial involvement in the care and overall therapeutic response of patients with severe schizophrenia.

AB - Achieving adequate response to therapy for schizophrenia goes well beyond the ‘antipsychotic response’ of medications. Response does not occur in a vacuum and the support of relatives is crucial. Moreover, studies that focuses on family interventions-through a range of approaches-show compelling evidence of the positive impact of family support upon the person’s outcomes. This chapter illustrates core principles as well as reviewing interventional studies with respect to familial involvement in the care and overall therapeutic response of patients with severe schizophrenia.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84955258201&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-45257-4_13

DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-45257-4_13

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84955258201

SN - 9783642452574

SN - 9783642452567

SP - 195

EP - 224

BT - Treatment-Refractory Schizophrenia: A Clinical Conundrum

PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg

ER -