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Community Management of Schizophrenia a Two-Year Follow-Up of a Behavioural Intervention with Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nicholas Tarrier ,
Christine Barrowclough ,
Christine Vaughn ,
J. S. Bamrah ,
Kathleen Porceddu ,
Susan Watts  and
Hugh Freeman
Nicholas Tarrier*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5
Christine Barrowclough
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5
Christine Vaughn
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5
J. S. Bamrah
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Salford Health Authority, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester M25 7BL
Kathleen Porceddu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Salford Health Authority, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester M25 7BL
Susan Watts
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Salford Health Authority, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester M25 7BL
Hugh Freeman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Salford Health Authority, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester M25 7BL
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The relapse and readmission rates of schizophrenic patients who participated in a controlled trial of a nine-month behavioural family intervention trial based on the EE status of their relatives are presented at two years. The patients who received the behavioural family intervention had lower rates of relapse and readmission than patients from high-EE homes who had received a short educational programme or routine treatment. The relapse rate of the behavioural family intervention group (33%) was the same as that of the low-EE group (33%), and significantly lower than that of the non-intervention high-EE group (59%).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 5 , May 1989 , pp. 625 - 628
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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