The Role of Family Empowerment and Family Resilience on Recovery from Psychosis

Most of the studies on the family of psychotic illness focus on the negative sides of family life, such as high expressed emotion, family burden and stigma. Very few studies look at the positive aspects of the family such as empowerment and resilience. This study aims at investigating the role of family‟s empowerment, and well-being on predicting the recovery of the patients. Ninety nine families of psychotic patients were assessed using the Family Empowerment Scale, and the Connor-Davison Resilience Scale. Meanwhile the patients‟ recovery was assessed using Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. Regression analysis yield result that family empowerment and resilience accounted for a significant amount of variance in patient‟s recovery. It is concluded that family condition influences patient‟s recovery. This research suggests that it is important to increase family empowerment and resilience as part of the treatment for psychotic patients.