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Some aspects of family interventions in schizophrenia. II: Financial considerations.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1751856     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The direct costs to the mental health services for patients who participated in a trial of a behavioural family intervention to reduce schizophrenic relapse were estimated. Comparisons were made between two patient groups from households of high expressed emotion (HEE): one group received a nine-month family intervention (HEE Intervention) and the other group routine treatment (HEE Control). A third group consisted of patients from low-EE households (LEE Control). The significant decrease in relapse rates in the HEE Intervention group compared with the HEE Control group has previously been reported; the analysis of costs indicates that any increase in costs due to the family intervention is outweighed by a decrease in usage of the established mental health services. The intervention resulted in a decrease of 27% in mean cost per patient.
Authors:
N Tarrier; K Lowson; C Barrowclough
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science     Volume:  159     ISSN:  0007-1250     ISO Abbreviation:  Br J Psychiatry     Publication Date:  1991 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-01-30     Completed Date:  1992-01-30     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0342367     Medline TA:  Br J Psychiatry     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  481-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Behavior Therapy / economics
Caregivers / psychology
Community Mental Health Services / economics
Cost Control / trends
Family Therapy / economics*
Female
Hospitalization / economics*
Hostility
Humans
Male
Recurrence
Schizophrenia / economics,  therapy*
Schizophrenic Psychology*

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