title: Psychoeducational Group Intervention for Adolescents With Psychosis and Their Families: A Two-Year Follow-Up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether the beneficial effects of a structured, psychoeducational, parallel-group program for adolescents with early-onset psychosis and their families observed immediately after the intervention were maintained 2 years later.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study examines the longitudinal efficacy of a randomized controlled trial based on a psychoeducational, problem-solving, structured group intervention for adolescents with early-onset psychosis and their families (PE) and compares it with that of a nonstructured group intervention (NS) after a 2-year follow-up. We analyzed whether the differences between PE and NS found after the intervention persisted 2 years later. Intergroup differences in number and duration of hospitalizations, symptoms, and functioning were also assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 2 years of follow-up, we were able to reassess 89% of patients. In the PE group, 13% of patients had visited the emergency department, compared with 50% in the NS group (p = .019). However, no statistically significant differences were found between the groups for negative symptoms or number and duration of hospitalizations. A significant improvement in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) general symptoms was observed in the PE group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our psychoeducational group intervention showed sustained effects by diminishing the number of visits to emergency departments 2 years after the intervention. Our findings indicate that this psychoeducational intervention could provide patients with long-lasting resources to manage crises more effectively. Clinical trial registration information-Intervention Module AGES (AGES-CM); http://clinicaltrials.gov/; NCT02101372.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM, Madrid. Electronic address: acalvo@iisgm.com.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.affiliation: Gipuzkoako Osasun Mentaleko Sarea, Red de Salud Mental de Guipuzcoa, Biodonostia, San Sebastian, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.affiliation: VocAcción Director-Group Processes and Institutional Consulting, Madrid.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Sancho
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM, Madrid; Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Carlton South, Australia.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rapado-Castro
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM, Madrid.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM, Madrid.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Gutiérrez
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM, Madrid.
authors.forename: Celso
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arango
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM, Madrid.
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayoral
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011340:Problem Solving; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013030:Spain; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: families; group therapy; psychoeducation; psychosis