title: [Psychoeducation in Depression: Results of two Surveys five Years Apart in Germany, Austria and Switzerland].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Studies investigating the frequency of psychoeducation in depression for patients and their family members in hospital settings and assessing how psychoeducation is offered are lacking.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two postal surveys were done five years apart addressing these questions to the heads of all psychiatric hospitals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
  
  
  RESULTS
  67 % of the participating hospitals offered psychoeducation in depression. 60 % of the patients treated in the hospitals participated in psychoeducation groups, whereas only 13 % of the family members did. In the mean, a single psychoeducational session lasted for 61 minutes (SD = 14), took place 1.4-times per week (SD = 0.5) and there were 7.4 sessions (SD = 2.8). 56 % of the moderators of the psychoeducational groups used a published manual for conducting the groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of offering psychoeducation in depression for patients is almost comparable to that in schizophrenia. However, there is still room for improvement, especially when it comes to family psychoeducation in depression where all efforts need to be done to increase the number of groups offered in order to inform more families and help them coping with depression.
authors: Forschungszentrum Depression der Stiftung Deutsche Depressionshilfe.
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Rummel-Kluge
authors: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Universität Leipzig.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Kluge
authors: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Technischen Universität München.
authors: Werner
authors: W
authors: Kissling
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005858:Germany; D006302:Health Services Research; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013557:Switzerland