pre-post changes in psychosocial functioning among relatives of patients with depressive disorders after brief multifamily psychoeducation a pilot study张后心理功能的变化后的抑郁症患者的亲属中短暂的多户家庭心理教育试点研究.pdf

Katsuki et al. BMC Psychiatry 2011, 11:56 /1471-244X/11/56 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Pre-post changes in psychosocial functioning among relatives of patients with depressive disorders after Brief Multifamily Psychoeducation: A pilot study 1* 2 3 4 5 5 5 Fujika Katsuki , Hiroshi Takeuchi , Mizuho Konishi , Megumi Sasaki , Yuka Murase , Atsuko Naito , Hiroko Toyoda , 2 6 7 5 8 Masako Suzuki , Nao Shiraishi , Yosuke Kubota , Yoshiko Yoshimatsu and Toshiaki A Furukawa Abstract Background: Depressive disorder is often chronic and recurrent, and results in a heavy psychosocial burden on the families of patients with this disorder. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of brief multifamily psychoeducation designed to alleviate their psychosocial burden. Methods: Thirty-two relatives of patients with major depressive disorder participated in an open study testing the effectiveness of brief multifamily psychoeducation. The intervention consisted of four sessions over the course of 6 weeks. Outcome measures focused on emotional distress, care burden and Expressed Emotion (EE). Results: The emotional distress, care burden and EE of the family all showed statistically significant improvements from baseline to after the family intervention. The proportion of relatives scoring 9 or more on K6, which indicates possible depressive or anxiety disorder, decreased from sixteen relatives (50.0%) at baseline, to only 3 relatives (9.3%) after the intervention. Conclusions: This study suggests that brief multifamily psychoeducation is a useful intervention to reduce the psyc