OBJECTIVE Multimedia interventions are increasingly used to deliver information in order to promote self-care among patients with degenerative conditions. We carried out a realist review of the literature to investigate how the characteristics of multimedia psychoeducational interventions combine with the contexts in which they are introduced to help or hinder their effectiveness in supporting ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To summarize the current empirical knowledge base on depression in men with prostate cancer to inform psychosocial supportive care interventions for this population and chart directions for future research. DATA SOURCES Reports in English of quantitative studies that included measures of depression or mood in samples of men with prostate cancer published from 1988-2004. D...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of a psychoeducational intervention, the Caring for the Caregiver Programme (CCP).
 DESIGN A pilot randomized, controlled trial, two-group pretest, and repeated post-tests.
 SETTING Four home hospice organizations and an outpatient clinic in Singapore.
 SAMPLE 80 caregivers were randomized into experimental and standard care groups.
 METH...

Objective: This randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of a psychoeducational video on posttraumatic distress and factors related to the mental health treatment seeking process among trauma care center patients receiving care following hospitalization for a serious physical injury. Method: Ninety-nine, predominantly Hispanic American (59%) and male (84%), participants were randomized ...

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis) are chronic disorders that affect the quality of life of the patients and their families. The mental state is connected with the physical one. Psychotherapy resulted in the improvement of psychological outcomes in IBD METHOD: Psychoeducation group for adolescents and their parents or caregivers was prepared. Pre-sele...

OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility and safety of a computer-based application designed to facilitate the healthy coping of children and their families who must contend with significant congenital heart disease (CHD). The application, called the Experience Journal (EJ), is a psychoeducational intervention based on a narrative model involving the sharing of personal stories about an illness. MET...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The article reviews recent evidence on improving access to mental healthcare for immigrants and best practice of care provision. RECENT FINDINGS Language barriers, different beliefs and explanatory models of illness, confidentiality concerns, stigma, reluctance to seek psychological help outside families, and social deprivation may prevent immigrants from accessing mental he...

The purpose of this investigation was to ascertain whether outcome expectancies and criminal thinking would change in offenders participating in a psychoeducational group and whether significant cross-lag (over time) correlations could be identified between outcome expectancies and criminal thinking. A sample of 121 US federal inmates completed the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking S...

Sedentarism is a serious health concern in industrialized countries throughout the world. We examined whether a text message-based intervention, targeted at increasing daily levels of physical activity, would be more effective than a standard psychoeducational intervention and a control condition. Sixty-three individuals (43 women) with a mean age of 23.7 years participated in the study. They w...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the combined effects of psychosocial treatment and pharmacotherapy for bipolar disorder. This study used a randomized, controlled design to examine a 9-month, manual-based program of family-focused psychoeducational treatment (FFT). METHODS Bipolar patients (N = 101) were recruited shortly after an illness episode and randomly assigned to 21 sessions of FF...