title: A Clinical Trial to Test the Feasibility of a Telehealth Psychoeducational Intervention for Persons With Schizophrenia and Their Families: Intervention and 3-Month Findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the feasibility of a telehealth psychoeducation intervention for persons with schizophrenia and their family members.
  
  
  METHODS
  Randomized controlled trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 persons with schizophrenia and 21 family members or other informal support persons.
  
  
  METHODS
  Web-based psychoeducation program that provided online group therapy and education.
  
  
  METHODS
  Measures for persons with schizophrenia included perceived stress and perceived social support; for family members, they included disease-related distress and perceived social support.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 3 months, participants with schizophrenia in the intervention group reported lower perceived stress (p= .04) and showed a trend for a higher perceived level of social support (p= .06).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings demonstrate the feasibility and impact of providing telehealth-based psychosocial treatments, including online therapy groups, to persons with schizophrenia and their families.
authors: Department of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, and Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Rotondi
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh.
authors: G L
authors: GL
authors: Haas
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Department of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh.
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Anderson
authors: Department of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh.
authors: C E
authors: CE
authors: Newhill
authors: Department of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.
authors: M B
authors: MB
authors: Spring
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Ganguli
authors: Children's Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, and Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University.
authors: W B
authors: WB
authors: Gardner
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh.
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Rosenstock
keywords: group therapy; online treatment; psychoeducation; schizophrenia; telehealth