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Schizophrenia: A Family Education Curriculum. (4th ed.)

Manual Title Schizophrenia: A Family Education Curriculum. (4th ed.)
Creator Christopher S. Amenson, Ph.D.
Reference Amenson, C.S. (1998). Schizophrenia: A family education curriculum. Pasadena, CA: Pacific Clinics Institute.
Price $295
Contact Information: Christopher S. Amenson, Ph.D.
Pacific Clinics Institute,
909 S Fair Oaks Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105 Phone: (626) 795-8471, ext 409
Email: camenson@pacificclinics.org


Program Overview:

Format:
Manual contains 159 slides and corresponding lecture notes for a 12-hour educational course on schizophrenia.

Participants:
The class is taught by mental health professional to families (not including the patients).

Topics:
6 topics: Schizophrenia: a brain disease; Course, cause & prognosis; Treatment & recovery; Antipsychotic medications; Psychosocial rehabilitation; Helpful family roles

Duration:
Each topic has 25 slides & lasts approximately 2 hours. The course could be 6 to 12 sessions, depending on the length of each session.


Supplementary Materials:
Schizophrenia: Family education methods. $37.50
This text accompanies the above curriculum. It outlines methods of helping families, including support, education, skills training, consultation and therapy.


Family skills for relapse prevention. $49.50

This curriculum for professionals focuses on teaching families specific skills they can use to prevent relapse.

5 basic tasks are covered:
  1. Identify early warning signs
  2. Track severity of warning signs daily
  3. Recognize when signs indicate a relapse is imminent
  4. Inform patient's treatment team immediately when relapse seems imminent
  5. Intervene to reduce warning signs & prevent relapse


Research: None

Notes: This curriculum has been taught to 40,000 families in 9 languages. Spanish and Japanese language versions are available.


Above description reviewed and approved by Dr. Amenson, 1-8-03

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