Family-based programmes of support: early intervention

Barriers and facilitators to implementing family support and education in Early Psychosis Intervention programmes: A systematic review.

Family support is a core component of the Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) model, yet it continues to have relatively low rates of implementation in practice. This paper reports results of a literature review on facilitators and barriers to delivering family interventions in EPI programmes. A search was conducted of 4 electronic databases, Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO and Joanna Briggs, from 200...

Early intervention--a family perspective.

Social competence as a future direction for early intervention programmes.

The effectiveness of comprehensive programmes providing early intervention services to children with clearly documented handicaps has been evaluated extensively over the past 2 decades (see Guralnick & Bennett, 1987). From the outset, it has been apparent that numerous methodological and practical problems have made this evaluation effort a particularly difficult one. The diversity of subject p...

Early Clinical Encounter: Report of an Intervention

Introduction. Encountering clinical environments as an inseparable part of studying medicine could bring about tension and anxiety for medical students. Early clinical exposure has been suggested in order to decrease these stresses and to motivate students for a better attitude and awareness. This study was performed to determine the effect of a short-term period of exposing to clinical envi...

The effect of mindfulness-based intervention on perceived stress in family caregivers of patients with cancer

Introduction:  Today, care giving is an important phenomenon and family members are at the forefront of providing care to patients with chronic illness, such as cancer. Care-giving can affect the mental health of caregivers; therefore, psychological interventions for caregivers seem necessary. This study was conducted to determine the effect of mindfulness-based intervention on perceived stress...