Un ensayo controlado de intervención social en familias de pacientes esquizofrénicos

This study exposes a controlled trial of social intervention in families of schizophrenic patients with a high risk of relapsing. Patients were selected because they had much contact with relatives with a high level of expressed emotion. All patients maintained their treatments with neuroleptics. Ha...

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Main Author: Leff, J. P.
Published: 1987
Online Access: http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=65972
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author Leff, J. P.
author_facet Leff, J. P.
description This study exposes a controlled trial of social intervention in families of schizophrenic patients with a high risk of relapsing. Patients were selected because they had much contact with relatives with a high level of expressed emotion. All patients maintained their treatments with neuroleptics. Half of the 24 families were ramdomly asignated to a rutine external check-up and the other had a social intervention package, consisted of an educational program on schizophrenia, a family group and family sessions for relatives and patients. The relapse rate in the control group was 50% compared to 9% of the experimental group (P=0,04). The objectives of the interventions were achieved in 73% of the experimental families, which had no relapsing patients. Results highlight the causal role played by the expressed emotions of relatives in the schizophrenic patients� relapse, as well as the therapeutical effectiveness of the social intervention combined with the pharmacological treatment.
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spellingShingle Un ensayo controlado de intervención social en familias de pacientes esquizofrénicos
Leff, J. P.
title Un ensayo controlado de intervención social en familias de pacientes esquizofrénicos
title_full Un ensayo controlado de intervención social en familias de pacientes esquizofrénicos
title_fullStr Un ensayo controlado de intervención social en familias de pacientes esquizofrénicos
title_full_unstemmed Un ensayo controlado de intervención social en familias de pacientes esquizofrénicos
title_short Un ensayo controlado de intervención social en familias de pacientes esquizofrénicos
url http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=65972