title: [Coping strategies and stress of family and follow-up of schizophrenia].
abstract: This empirical study including 32 families of schizophrenic patients (DSM-III-R) investigates the connection of distress and coping strategies of relatives, expressed emotion, distress of patients caused by family life and their influences on the course of schizophrenia with the focus on their prognostic values. One major issue is the question about distress factors and coping behavior of low- und high-EE-families. Using the Münsteraner Familienbogen every single family was visited at home after discharge and interviewed. The interview targeted especially the coping behavior of relatives.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Scherrmann
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004644:Emotions; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011379:Prognosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
vernacular_title: Bewältigungsstrategien und Belastung von Angehörigen und Verlauf schizophrener Erkrankungen.