Do Family Interventions Improve Outcomes in Early Psychosis? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Family interventions for psychosis (FIp) are effective in reducing service user relapse and carer distress in people with schizophrenia-spectrum conditions. Several treatment and best practice guidelines recommend FIp for all people with schizophrenia. However, outcome findings in relation to early psychosis groups have been inconsistent. The current paper reports a systematic review and meta-analyses of articles that evaluated FIp in early psychosis with a clearly defined comparison group. A combination of electronic database searches (using PsychINFO, Medline, and CENTRAL), citation searches and hand searches of key journals and reviews was conducted. Peer-reviewed articles published in English from database inception to June 2016 were included. Methodological quality was assessed using

SUBMITTER: Claxton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5366348 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature