Towards a treatment model for family therapy for schizophrenia in an urban African setting: Results from a qualitative study.

CONCLUSIONS: Multi-family groups with a psycho-educational and behaviour modification frame are acceptable. Negative symptoms are seen as protective in areas of community violence. Modification of traditional models of family therapy to include factors related to poverty, violence, caregiver burden, stigma and limited health care access should be considered in this setting.
PMID: 23757325 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - June 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Asmal L, Mall S, Emsley R, Chiliza B, Swartz L Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research