TY - JOUR
T1 - A brief mindfulness-based family psychoeducation intervention for Chinese young adults with first episode psychosis
T2 - A study protocol
AU - Lo, Herman Hay Ming
AU - Ho, Wing Chung
AU - Lau, Elsa Ngar Sze
AU - Lo, Chun Wai
AU - Mak, Winnie W.S.
AU - Ng, Siu Man
AU - Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan
AU - Wong, Jessica Oi Yin
AU - Lui, Simon S.Y.
AU - Lo, Cola Siu Lin
AU - Lin, Edmund Chiu Lun
AU - Poon, Man Fai
AU - Choi, Kong
AU - Leung, Cressida Wai Ching
PY - 2019/3/11
Y1 - 2019/3/11
N2 - Family psychoeducation (FPE) has been recommended as a major component in the treatment of psychosis. Many previous studies have implemented an intensive program design that often only emphasized improvements in patients' illness outcomes but the benefits for caregivers were limited. There have been calls for a time-limited but cost-effective FPE program to mitigate the looming reality of the suffering of people with psychosis and their families. A Brief Mindfulness-Based Family Psychoeducation for psychosis program is developed to reduce caregivers' burden and promote young adult's recovery. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare this intervention with an ordinary FPE intervention. Both arms will involve six sessions, with a total contact time of 12 h. 300 caregivers of young adults who have experienced first episode psychosis within last 3 years will be recruited. Program effectiveness will be assessed by comparing outcomes measuring the caregivers' burden, mental health symptoms, positive well-being, and the young adult's mental health symptoms during the study and at 9-month post-randomization. The role of expressed emotions, interpersonal mindfulness, and non-attachment in mediating these outcomes will be explored. An additional qualitative approach Photovoice is selected to explore the complex family experiences and the benefits of mindfulness from the caregivers' personal perspectives.
AB - Family psychoeducation (FPE) has been recommended as a major component in the treatment of psychosis. Many previous studies have implemented an intensive program design that often only emphasized improvements in patients' illness outcomes but the benefits for caregivers were limited. There have been calls for a time-limited but cost-effective FPE program to mitigate the looming reality of the suffering of people with psychosis and their families. A Brief Mindfulness-Based Family Psychoeducation for psychosis program is developed to reduce caregivers' burden and promote young adult's recovery. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare this intervention with an ordinary FPE intervention. Both arms will involve six sessions, with a total contact time of 12 h. 300 caregivers of young adults who have experienced first episode psychosis within last 3 years will be recruited. Program effectiveness will be assessed by comparing outcomes measuring the caregivers' burden, mental health symptoms, positive well-being, and the young adult's mental health symptoms during the study and at 9-month post-randomization. The role of expressed emotions, interpersonal mindfulness, and non-attachment in mediating these outcomes will be explored. An additional qualitative approach Photovoice is selected to explore the complex family experiences and the benefits of mindfulness from the caregivers' personal perspectives.
KW - Family psychoeducation
KW - Mindfulness-based intervention
KW - Mixed methods
KW - Psychosis
KW - Randomized controlled clinical study
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065158805&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00516
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00516
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85065158805
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
IS - MAR
M1 - 516
ER -
