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An evaluation of a brief multlple family group psychoeducation programme with families in which a member has schizophrenia
AIMS OF THE STUDY: To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief multiple family group psychoeducation programme with families, who have a family member with schizophrenia, currently being treated as patients of Valkenberg Hospital. i) To assess families' knowledge about schizophrenia ii) To assess their...
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| description | AIMS OF THE STUDY: To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief multiple family group psychoeducation programme with families, who have a family member with schizophrenia, currently being treated as patients of Valkenberg Hospital. i) To assess families' knowledge about schizophrenia ii) To assess their present levels of functioning. iii) To assess their support systems. iv) To assess objectives i), ii) and iii) via a pre-test questionnaire in which the sample group of families give their responses in personally conducted interviews. v) To undertake action research whereby a psychoeducation model is introduced and families are exposed to a one day educational skills workshop followed up by six weekly family sessions. vi) To administer a post-test questionnaire to assess the impact of psychoeducation on families. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17113 An evaluation of a brief multlple family group psychoeducation programme with families in which a member has schizophrenia Leaver, Patricia O'Brien, Connie Clinical Social Work AIMS OF THE STUDY: To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief multiple family group psychoeducation programme with families, who have a family member with schizophrenia, currently being treated as patients of Valkenberg Hospital. i) To assess families' knowledge about schizophrenia ii) To assess their present levels of functioning. iii) To assess their support systems. iv) To assess objectives i), ii) and iii) via a pre-test questionnaire in which the sample group of families give their responses in personally conducted interviews. v) To undertake action research whereby a psychoeducation model is introduced and families are exposed to a one day educational skills workshop followed up by six weekly family sessions. vi) To administer a post-test questionnaire to assess the impact of psychoeducation on families. 2016-02-18T12:14:03Z 2016-02-18T12:14:03Z 1998 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17113 eng application/pdf Department of Social Development Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Clinical Social Work Leaver, Patricia An evaluation of a brief multlple family group psychoeducation programme with families in which a member has schizophrenia |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An evaluation of a brief multlple family group psychoeducation programme with families in which a member has schizophrenia |
| title_full | An evaluation of a brief multlple family group psychoeducation programme with families in which a member has schizophrenia |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation of a brief multlple family group psychoeducation programme with families in which a member has schizophrenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation of a brief multlple family group psychoeducation programme with families in which a member has schizophrenia |
| title_short | An evaluation of a brief multlple family group psychoeducation programme with families in which a member has schizophrenia |
| title_sort | evaluation of a brief multlple family group psychoeducation programme with families in which a member has schizophrenia |
| topic | Clinical Social Work |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17113 |
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