Abstract

JAEN VARAS, Denisse Claudia  and  PACHECO BARRANCOS, Libertad. FAMILY PSYCHOEDUCATION AND INTERVENTION IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS PSYCHIATRY HOSPITAL CNS. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.2, pp.21-26. ISSN 1726-8958.

Objective: To teach to the families about the nature of the Schizophrenia Disorden symptoms, treatment, or forms of action against it. Material and methods: Participated in this study 8 families of schizophrenia patients of Psychiatric Hospital CNS. The program consists of four phases: assessment, psychoeducation, individualized intervention and monitoring. Results: A total of participating families were eight, which made a total of 12 people, including parents and some brother. 75% of participants were not informed about the matter. During the interviews were with the relatives, observed and recorded both the verbal language as the non-verbal one, and it was obtained a 90 percent of the relatives showed high Emotional Expressed. Conclusions: The emotions that stand out are the self-sacrifice, intense emotion or sadness for the patient. With the Psychoeducational approach must be obtained reducing stress, family burden and increased the knowledge about the Schizophrenia Disorder.

Keywords : schizophrenia; expressed emotion; psychoeducation.

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