Tanveer Nasr, Rukhsana Kausar.
Effects of family psycho education on relapse prevention of schizophrenia patients in Pakistan.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;6(2):73-8.

Objective: To examine efficacy of psycho educational interventions, in relapse prevention in patients with Schizophrenia in Pakistan. Design: Between Group Design and Open label trial of psychoeducation versus treatment as ususal. Place and duration of study: This study was carried out in Mayo Hospital Lahore from December 2005 to September 2006 Subjects and Methods: 108 patients with schizophrenia and their family members were recruited and randomly allocated to two groups. One group received psycho education and the other group was getting treatment as usual but did not receive psycho education. Patients were rated on PANSS scale before and after the delivery of family psycho educational intervention. Results: Relapse rate in psycho education was lower (5.8%) compared with control group (35.7%) at six month follow up. Their symptoms were significantly less severe on PANSS. Conclusion: Combining family psycho educational intervention with routine treatment has proved efficacious for patients with schizophrenia in Pakistan.

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