[The therapy of families of patients suffering from schizophrenia].
The development of pharmacotherapy, social psychiatry and the new patterns of comprehensive treatment of patients suffering from schizophrenia make most of psychiatrists believe that hospitalisations should be reduced to minimum. There has been a change in the roles and tasks of parents and spouses of the patients during their ambulatory therapy. Apart from outpatient clinics, daily wards, and hostels, there is a significant role of the therapy of families of the patients in the posthospital treatment. The patterns of schizophrenia as a disease and the relating indications concerning basic therapeutic management are of significant importance. The work presented here discusses two basic therapies of the families of patients suffering from schizophrenia, namely psychoeducation and systemic family therapy. The work draws attention to aims, forms and concepts of these therapies. However, an appropriate pharmacotherapy of patients suffering from schizophrenia is necessary regardless of their positive response to the families.
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Szpitala Neuropsychiatrycznego imienia J. Babińskiego w Krakowie.
D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*