Recovery is a change in which person improves his health and well-being, lives the direction of life he chooses,and strives to achieve goals according all abilities. conditions are very necessary for everyclient with mental disorders (ODGJ), where strengthening hope, especially from within ODGJ itself, activates themto be active independently family, friends, community their environment. Violen...

BACKGROUND The long-term efficacy of psychological interventions for bipolar disorders has not been tested. AIMS This study assessed the efficacy of group psychoeducation to prevent recurrences and to reduce time spent ill for people with bipolar disorders. METHOD A randomised controlled trial with masked outcome assessment comparing group psychoeducation and non-structured group interventi...

AIM The aim of this study was to find out what the patients opinion about psychoeducation in schizophrenia is. METHOD We examined 169 patients suffering from schizophrenia. They answered a questionnaire about demographic data, their opinion about participation in sessions, the motivation to psychoeducation and the themes of sessions. RESULTS . 84% of the patients declared that they like psy...

<p><strong><em>Background</em></strong><em>:</em> <em>Cancer is one of the main causes death in world, especially developing countries. Cancer not only a problem for adults but also major health children. children chronic disease and responds to parents/caregivers. Psychological emotional responses cause psychological problems stress One intervent...

SETTING THE SCENE Children with bipolar disorder (BD) have considerable impairments in school, peer and family functioning and high rates of illness comorbidity. With age, their risk increases for suicide attempts, hospitalisation, substance abuse and medical complications. Pharmacotherapy is usually the first-line treatment for young people with BD, but paediatric patients may be less treatmen...

The impact of metaphors employed in psychoeducation for depression on people with a tendency for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) was investigated. Japanese undergraduate students (N = 146, 41 males and 105 females, mean age = 19.45 ± 2.05) were randomly assigned to a metaphor, or a control group. They rated their perceived impressions of a psychoeducation experience using a questionnaire and al...