Multi-Family Group For Schizophrenia

Treatment

DIAGNOSIS: Schizophrenia

TREATMENT: Multi-Family Group For Schizophrenia

BRIEF SUMMARY

Basic premise: "Multifamily group treatment (MFGT) is an evidence-based intervention for treating persons with severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, and their families that integrates psychoeducation and behavioral family therapy in a multiple-family group format. Although multifamily group treatment was first pioneered more than half a century ago by Laqueur (Laqueur et al., 1964), only in the past 15 years has a coherent theoretical model and empirical evidence for its effectiveness been available to clinicians."

Stuart, B. K., & Schlosser, D. A. (2009). Multifamily group treatment for schizophrenia. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 59(3), 435-440. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijgp.2009.59.3.435

TREATMENT RESOURCES

TREATMENT MANUALS

Multifamily groups in the treatment of severe psychiatric disorders (McFarlane, W. R.)

SUPPORTING STUDIES

Bradley, G. M., Couchman, G. M., Perlesz, A., Nguyen, A. T., Singh, B., & Riess, C. (2006) Multiple-family group treatment for english- and vietnamese-speaking families living with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 57(4), 521-530.

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2006.57.4.521

Burlingame, G. M., Svien, H, Hoppe, L., Hunt, I., & Rosendahl, J. (2020). Group therapy for schizophrenia: A meta-analysis. Psychotherapy, 57(2), 219-236.

https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000293

Chien, W. -T., & Chan, S. W. C. (2004). One-year follow-up of a multiple-family-group intervention for Chinese families of patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 55(11), 1276-1284.

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1276

Chien, W. T., Wong, K. -F. (2007). A family psychoeducation group program for Chinese people with schizophrenia in Hong Kong. Psychiatric Services, 58(7), 1003-1006.

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2007.58.7.1003

Kopelowicz, A., Zarate, R., Wallace, C. J., Liberman, R. P., Lopez, S. R., & Mintz, J. (2012). The ability of multifamily groups to improve treatment adherence in Mexican Americans with schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 69(3), 265-273.

https://doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.135

Magliano, L., Fiorillo, A., Malangone, C., De Rosa, C. & Maj, M. (2006). Special section: A memorial tribute: Patient functioning and family Burden in a controlled, real-world trial of family psychoeducation for schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 57(12), 1784-1791.

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2006.57.12.1784