A Family Approach to Severe Mental Illness in Post–War Kosovo
| Autor: | Muharrem Asllani, Shqipe Ukshini, Valdete Alidemaj-Sereqi, Kaethe Weingarten, Judith Landau, Corky Becker, Stevan M. Weine, Jack Saul, Lumnije Ajeti, James L. Griffith, Ellen Pulleyblank-Coffey, Ajet Bunjaku, Jusuf Ulaj, Carlos E. Sluzki, Ivan Pavkovic, Shukrije Statovci, John Sargent, Mabs Mango, Shaip Makolli, Melissa Elliott, Gentian Çala, John S. Rolland, Ferid Agani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male Mental Health Services Family therapy Warfare medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Yugoslavia Patient Readmission Patient Education as Topic Intervention (counseling) medicine Psychoeducation Humans Cooperative Behavior Psychiatry Health policy Patient Care Team business.industry Public health Social environment Middle Aged Mental illness medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Psychotherapy Group Schizophrenia Patient Compliance Family Therapy Female Schizophrenic Psychology business Antipsychotic Agents |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes. 68:17-27 |
| ISSN: | 0033-2747 |
| Popis: | This study describes the effects of a psychoeducational multiple-family group program for families of people with severe mental illness in post-war Kosovo that was developed by a Kosovar-American professional collaborative. The subjects were 30 families of people with severe mental illnesses living in two cities in Kosovo. All subjects participated in multiple-family groups and received family home visits. The program documented medication compliance, number of psychiatric hospitalizations, family mental health services use, and several other characteristics, for the year prior to the groups and the first year of the groups. The families attended an average of 5.5 (out of 7) groups, and 93% of these families attended four or more meetings. The uncontrolled pre- to post-intervention comparison demonstrated decreases in medication non-compliance and hospitalizations, and increases in family mental health service use. The program provided training for mental health professionals, led to policy change in the Ministry of Health, and resulted in dissemination to other community mental health centers. This study provides preliminary evidence that a collaboratively designed and implemented psychoeducational, multiple-family program is a feasible and beneficial intervention for families of people with severe mental illness in impoverished post-war settings. |
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