Family Centred Brief Solution‐focused Therapy with Chronic Schizophrenia: a Pilot Study

Georgene Eakes; Sandra Walsh; Mel Markowski; Harry Cain; Melvin Swanson

doi:10.1111/1467-6427.00045

journal article May 01, 1997

Family Centred Brief Solution‐focused Therapy with Chronic Schizophrenia: a Pilot Study

Georgene Eakes Sandra Walsh

Mel Markowski Harry Cain Melvin Swanson

Journal of Family Therapy Vol. 19 No. 2 pp. 145-158 · Wiley

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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to pilot a family centred brief solution‐focused therapy model (BSFT) with families and clients diagnosed with schizophrenia. A control group of clients and their families received traditional outpatient therapy, while an experimental group of clients and their families were treated with a BSFT model. All participants were pre‐tested and then post‐tested with the Family Environment Scale after five therapy sessions over a ten‐week period. Significant differences between the groups were found on expressiveness, active‐recreational orientation, moral‐religious emphasis and family incongruence. The participation of families and clients with schizophrenia in family centred brief solution‐focused therapy produced encouraging results and demonstrated the need for expanded studies using BSFT with other chronically mentally ill clients and their families.

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Published: May 01, 1997
Vol/Issue: 19(2)
Pages: 145-158
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Georgene Eakes, Sandra Walsh, Mel Markowski, et al. (1997). Family Centred Brief Solution‐focused Therapy with Chronic Schizophrenia: a Pilot Study. Journal of Family Therapy, 19(2), 145-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.00045

Family Centred Brief Solution‐focused Therapy with Chronic Schizophrenia: a Pilot Study

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