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Changes in Patient Coping Style Following Individual and Family Treatment for Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Margaret M. Rea ,
Angus M. Strachan ,
Michael J. Goldstein ,
Ian Falloon  and
Sun Hwang
Margaret M. Rea*
Affiliation:
Family Project, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 1283 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, California USA 90024–1563
Angus M. Strachan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Michael J. Goldstein
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
Ian Falloon
Affiliation:
Oxford Regional Health Authority
Sun Hwang
Affiliation:
Methodology and Statistical Support Unit, Clinical Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Changes in relatives' affective attitudes are important contributors to the impact of family psychoeducational programmes on the course of schizophrenia. It remains unclear whether similar changes occur in the interactional style of schizophrenic patients participating in psychoeducational treatment. This study examined changes in the interactional style (coping style) of 33 schizophrenic patients in individual or family treatment. Significant changes were seen in the interactional style of the patients participating in the individual treatment. Similar changes were evident, but not significant, in the family treatment group. The quality of patient interactional style before or after treatment did not predict relapse in either group. Changes in relatives' interactional style early in family treatment are necessary to affect the short-term course of schizophrenia. Modification in patient behaviour during the early phase does not have similar predictive value.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 5 , May 1991 , pp. 642 - 647
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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