Multifamily Group Psychoeducation and Cognitive Remediation for First-Episode Psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Breitborde, Nicholas J K ^a,b   Moreno, Francisco A ^a,b   Mai Dixon, Natalie ^c   Peterson, Rachele ^a   Durst, Linda ^a,b   Bernstein, Beth ^a,b   Byreddy, Seenaiah ^a   McFarlane, William R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University Physicians Hospital at Kino   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REMEDIATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIFAMILY GROUP PSYCHOEDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651228404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-9     Document Type: Article

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