title: ["Family members inform family members" - family members as group moderators for psychoeducational groups in schizophrenia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To train interested and capable family members as group moderators of psychoeducational groups for family members in schizophrenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Development and evaluation of a curriculum consisting of 5 separate steps: participating in a psychoeducational group, participating in training-workshops, conducting psychoeducational group sessions with professional co-moderation, independently conducting psychoeducational group sessions, recruiting of future group moderators.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Step 1, 2 and 3: statistically significant knowledge increase about schizophrenia, changed concept of illness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 5-step curriculum appears to be a useful instrument for training family members as group moderators of psychoeducational groups for family members in schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Centrum für Disease Management, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Technischen Universität München. christine.rummel@lrz.tum.de
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rummel
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pitschel-Walz
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kissling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010379:Peer Group; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012657:Self-Help Groups