A01

• What are 3 psychological therapies for schizophrenia?

  1. Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp)
  2. Family Therapy
  3. Token Economies
• What is family therapy?

  A range of interventions carried out with all or some members of a family of someone with a mental disorder with the aim of improving their communication and reducing the stress of living as a family
• What is the main aim of family therapy?

  Provide support for carers to make family life less stressful and reduce relapse rates by reducing levels of expressed and negative emotion in a family
• What are the 5 strategies developed by Pharoah used during family therapy?

  1. Psychoeducation - helping carers understand and be better able to deal with illness
  2. Alliance with family members
  3. Improving ability of family to anticipate and solve problems
  4. Reduction of expressions of anger and guilt by family members
  5. Helping family members achieve a balance between caring for individual and maintaining own lives
• What did Pharoah et al. do?

  Pharoah et al. (2010):

  • Conducted a meta-analysis reviewing 53 studies published between 2002 to 2010 to investigate the effectiveness of family intervention and compared the outcomes of therapy to standard care alone
  • Pharoah found a range of strategies by which family therapists aim to improve the functioning of a family with a member suffering from schizophrenia
• What is the main technique used in family therapy?

  To encourage family members to communicate with each other and reduce the expression of negative emotions such as anger and guilt