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Behavioural Family Management in Schizophrenia

Outcome of a Clinic-Based Intervention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Eugenia T. Randolph ,
Spencer Eth ,
Shirley M. Glynn ,
George G. Paz ,
Gregory B. Leong ,
Andrew L. Shaner ,
Angus Strachan ,
Walter Van Vort ,
Javier I. Escobar  and
Robert P. Liberman
Eugenia T. Randolph*
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC (Veterans Administration Medical Center) (B151J), 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073
Spencer Eth
Affiliation:
ACOS for Ambulatory Care, West Los Angeles VAMC (116A)
Shirley M. Glynn
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC (B151J)
George G. Paz
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC
Gregory B. Leong
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC
Andrew L. Shaner
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Evaluation and Admission, West Los Angeles VAMC
Angus Strachan
Affiliation:
Santa Monica Family Consultants, 2510 Main Street, Suite 201, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Walter Van Vort
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles VAMC
Javier I. Escobar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, 06107
Robert P. Liberman
Affiliation:
Clinical Research Center for Schizophrenia, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

To test further the highly successful outcomes of a controlled study of in-home behavioural family management (BFM) for schizophrenic patients, a clinic-based version of this intervention was compared with customary care alone for 41 schizophrenic patients in a Veterans Administration (VA) mental health clinic. Monthly Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) ratings, conducted by clinic psychiatrists who were ‘blind’ to the patients' assignment, revealed that 3 (14%) patients who received behavioural family management as well as customary care, as compared with 11 (55%) patients who received customary care alone, had symptomatic exacerbations during the first year of treatment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 4 , April 1994 , pp. 501 - 506
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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