Family Interventions for First‐Episode Psychosis

The Somerset team for early psychosis

“…This has also led to careful consideration of the interface between the services and the development of protocols for referral into the specialized FI service. 14 The data appear to indicate that our service model is meeting the needs of people with FEP and their families. Although it reflects the inevitable difficulties faced by services as they are developing (e.g.…”

Brief Interventions for Psychosis

“…In Somerset we find these phases helpful, but we are also intrigued by the Open Dialogue approach, and while we have many aspects in common, we are moving toward this less structured and even more collaborative way of working (Seikkula and Arnkil 2014 ;Burbach et al 2015 ). In Somerset we find these phases helpful, but we are also intrigued by the Open Dialogue approach, and while we have many aspects in common, we are moving toward this less structured and even more collaborative way of working (Seikkula and Arnkil 2014 ;Burbach et al 2015 ).…”

“…This is especially the case when working with families coping with early psychosis when it is important to focus on the emotional distress and to discuss psychotic symptoms rather than diagnosis (Burbach et al 2010 ;Gleeson et al 1999 ;Onwumere et al 2011a ). This is especially the case when working with families coping with early psychosis when it is important to focus on the emotional distress and to discuss psychotic symptoms rather than diagnosis (Burbach et al 2010 ;Gleeson et al 1999 ;Onwumere et al 2011a ).…”

Effectiveness of behavioral family therapy in people with schizophrenia: a randomized, controlled clinical trial

“…In England, this therapy has achieved an advanced level of development; FBT has demonstrated an association with better social functioning and a reduction of relapses in people with schizophrenia coupled with a decrease in expressed emotion in the primary caregivers. In Europe, Portugal is one of the countries that has achieved a high level of development in this area, through its liaison with and training in the MERIDEN Program (Gonçalves-Pereira et al, 2007;Burbach, Fadden, & Smith, 2010).…”