title: [Psychosocial interventions for high-risk family members with mental health problems--concepts and results].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Systematic review of psychosocial interventions for high-risk family members with mental health problems in highly developed industrialized countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic search in electronic databases as well as manual search for intervention studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Interventions were effective in significantly reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety and strengthening social skills.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Backing in situations of distress, as well as elements of selective primary and secondary psychosocial prevention, has temporary effectiveness among high-risk group members.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie II der Universität Ulm, Günzburg.
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stiawa
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie II der Universität Ulm, Günzburg.
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kilian
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie II der Universität Ulm, Günzburg.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology*