A study on the effects of family education in reducing relapsing symptoms in schizophrenic patients

72 This study is investigating the effects of family education on preventing the relapse in schizophrenic clients. Two questionnaires including evaluating family awareness of schizophrenia and relapse symptoms of schizophrenic patients were used on forty families divided into two groups of control and study. The study group attended six one-hour classes held twice a week. Another evaluation happened after releasing the patients within three months to evaluate their relapse symptoms. The results showed a meaningful difference in awareness level and a decrease in relapse returns of the trained families. Therefore, increasing the level of family education can lead to prevent relapse of these patients. Keywords: family education, schizophrenia, relapsing symptoms. Normal 0 21 false false false TR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Cambria","serif";}