title: Keeping therapies simple: psychoeducation in the prevention of relapse in affective disorders.
abstract: Psychological interventions for mood disorders can be divided into 'skilled' and 'simple'. Psychoeducation belongs to the latter group: a simple and illness-focused therapy with prophylactic efficacy in all major mood disorders. Successful implementation of psychoeducation requires a proper setting, including open-door policy, team effort and empowerment of the therapeutic alliance.
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Colom
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D055502:Secondary Prevention