A strategy for assessing family interaction patterns in schizophrenia

Article Abstract:

The Family Problem-Solving Task (FPST) and its coding system is a reliable and valid means to determine the effect of treatment on communication and problem solving in schizophrenics' families. The FPST procedure has a high test-retest reliability from baseline through two-year assessments. Data confirm the construct validity of the coding system. The FPST dyadic interaction procedure is a feasible and appropriate method for producing temporally stable and externally valid changes in behavior patterns.

Evaluation, Reports, Family psychotherapy, Family counseling, Behavioral assessment, Schizophrenia, Longitudinal studies, Psychiatric rating scales, Psychiatric status rating scales

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Commentary on "Applying research on family education about mental illness to development of a relatives' group consultation model.' (response to Edie Mannion et al, in this issue, p 555)

Article Abstract:

The consultative group approach to working with relatives of psychiatric patients proposed by Mannion, Draine, Solomon and Meisel (1997) recommends the use of knowledge gained from previous interventions to improve the techniques employed in the following programming. This approach is innovative and has many strengths, but also has a number of weaknesses. These include its very short intervention period (four weeks) and its assumption that group therapy is less expensive than individual treatment.

Mentally ill persons, Education, Caregivers, Mentally ill, Study and teaching, Family, Mental illness, Mental disorders, Psychotherapy patients

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