title: Outcomes of a brief program, REORDER, to promote consumer recovery and family involvement in care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Recovery-Oriented Decisions for Relatives' Support (REORDER) intervention is an innovative, manualized protocol utilizing shared decision-making principles with persons who have serious mental illnesses to promote recovery and encourage consideration of family involvement in care. This study compared REORDER to enhanced treatment as usual in a randomized design.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants included 226 veterans with serious mental illness whose relatives had low rates of contact with treatment staff. REORDER involved up to three consumer sessions followed by up to three relative educational sessions if the consumer and relative consented. Individuals were assessed at baseline and six months later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty-five percent of the 111 randomly assigned REORDER participants attended at least one REORDER consumer session; of those, 59% had at least one family session. REORDER participants had significantly reduced paranoid ideation and increased recovery at follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Participation in REORDER led to marked increases in family participation and improved consumer outcomes.
authors.forename: Lisa B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Shirley M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Glynn
authors.forename: Amy N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Drapalski
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Medoff
authors.forename: Li Juan
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gioia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D010358:Patient Participation; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*