Psychoeducational Methods for Patients with Schizophrenia: A Literature Review

Abstract

Introduction: Schizophrenia is the most burdensome mental disorder and contribute the greatest cost to the treatment compared to other mental illnesses. Psychoeducation is an effective therapy program for patient with Schizophrenia to promote well-being and improve psychopathological status. This literature review is to describe the contents of psychoeducational interventions and its outcomes on Schizophrenic patients. Method: In this descriptive literature review, PubMed and CINAHL healthcare databases are chosen to search for relevant studies with keywords “psychoeducation” and “schizophrenia”. Inclusion and exclusion criteria are set based on the basis of PICO framework. All studies would be scanned to form an extracted table with the key characteristics of the studies. The data would be analysed based on the principle of inductive content analysis and content analysis to answer the research questions. Results: Content analysis made from five research articles were chosen to form. The main contents of interventions include add and correct knowledge, psychological support and skill training. The outcomes of psychoeducation are financial improvements, increase quality of life and psychological enhancements. Conclusion: There are different interventions used in psychoeducation to patients with Schizophrenia combined with antipsychotic medication treatment, with the main aims are to correct and complete their knowledge about the disease, practicing essential skills and improve cognitive condition… It brings more effective outcomes than standard treatment by antipsychotic drugs alone.