title: [First contact with psychiatric services: what do relatives caring for schizophrenia patients need?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the present study was to investigate the problems and needs for interventions among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia who were the first time in contact with psychiatric services.
  
  
  METHODS
  93 family caregivers of schizophrenia patients during the first contact with services were investigated by means of the the "Carer's Needs Assessment for Schizophrenia" (CNA-S).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most frequent problems of caregivers of first contact patients with schizophrenia were insufficient information on mental illness and concerns about the patient's future. Individual psychoeducation was needed significantly more often among caregivers of first contact patients than among those having been previously in contact with psychiatric services.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Those being the first time in contact with psychiatric services need some specific interventions significantly more often than later.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: Annemarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: Matthäus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fellinger
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Süßenbacher
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freidl
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wancata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011340:Problem Solving; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D055815:Young Adult