In our hospital psychoeducation is a part of early interventions directed to first episodes of psychotic patients (that includes first 5 years of psychosis). Duration of the programme is one year and it has been influenced by simmilar experiences in Great Britain and PORT˘s recommendations (Sshizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team). A specific quality of the programme is collaboration of group psychotherapy approach conducted by group analysts and psychoeducation conducted by cognitive-behavioral therapists. All therapists involved in the programme have been supervised monthly by proffesionals.

The psychoeducation is common for all patients and their family members.

Number of hospitalisations, cognitive, emotional and social functioning, changes of basic beliefs and present symptoms have been estimated during the programme.

The aim of the poster presentation is to evaluate the efficacy of treatment and rehabilitation of patients that participate in the programme together with pharmacotherapy in order to achieve better treatment efficacy. Patient that have been involved in the both psychoeducation and pharmacotherapy are compared to patients treated with drugs only. Questionnaires that measure self-esteem and loneliness have been used.

Since actual psychoeducation ends at the end of this year, the first results of two first grades are expected at the beginning of 2008.