Psycho-education in bipolar disorder: effect on expressed emotion.
In a waiting-list controlled study on a multi-family psycho-educational intervention in bipolar disorder, key relatives in the treatment group showed a significant change from high to low levels of expressed emotion (EE) compared with the control group. In addition, patients with low-EE key relatives had a significantly lower number of hospital admissions compared with those living with high-EE key relatives. The multi-family groups were well received by the participants, and there were only a few drop-outs.
Honig
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Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, University of Limburg, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Hofman
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Rozendaal
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Dingemans
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D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005195:Family Relations; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome