Summary Weexamined the effectof a structured educationalprogramme on explanatorymodels of illness among the relatives of peoplewith schizophrenia, in a randomised controlled trial.Participants
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structured educationalprogramme on explanatorymodels of illness among the relatives of peoplewith schizophrenia, in a randomised controlled trial.Participants were assessed at baseline (n1⁄4100) and after 2 weeks (n1⁄475) usinga vignette from the Short Explanatory Model Interview. Therewas a reduction innon-biomedical causal explanatorymodels at follow-up among thosewho had completed the structured educationalprogramme comparedwiththe controlgroup.There wasno significantdifference innonbiomedical treatmentexplanatorymodels betweenthe two groups.
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