Family centred brief solution-focused therapy with chronic schizophrenia: A pilot study

Author(s): Walsh, S., Markowski, M., Cain, H., Swanson, M.

Journal/Book: J Fam Ther. 1997; 19: 108 Cowley Rd, Oxford, Oxon, England OX4 1JF. Blackwell Publ Ltd. 145-157.

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 ren 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.

Note: Article Eakes G, E Carolina Univ, Sch Human Environm Sci, Greenville,NC 27858 USA

Keyword(s): PARENTS

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