Psychological Therapies for Schizophrenia - Family Therapy

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Logistics of family therapy
Regular meets with patient and family for 9 months to 1 year. Focus on reducing symptoms and allowing family to develop skills for after therapy
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What does it aim to improve?
Communication and interaction within the family, potentially reduce levels of EE
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A03 Pharaoh et al
reviewed the effectiveness of the therapy and concluded there is moderate evidence to show that family therapy significantly reduced hospital readmission
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A03 Appropriateness
Some may have been abused or come from households that don’t have high expressed emotion so therefore raise issues of appropriateness due to suitability
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A03 social sensitivity
Potential social sensitivity as it can lead to the family being blamed for the disorder
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What does it aim to improve?

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Communication and interaction within the family, potentially reduce levels of EE

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A03 Appropriateness

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