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Some Aspects of Family Interventions in Schizophrenia. II: Financial Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nicholas Tarrier ,
Karen Lowson  and
Christine Barrowclough
Nicholas Tarrier*
Affiliation:
Merseyside Health Authority, PCIST, Arrow Park Hospital, Merseyside
Karen Lowson
Affiliation:
Merseyside Health Authority, PCIST, Arrow Park Hospital, Merseyside
Christine Barrowclough
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New South Wales
*
∗Professor of Clinical Psychology, University Hospital of South Manchester, Withington, Manchester
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Abstract

The direct costs to the mental health services for patients who participated in a trial of a behavioural family intervention to reduce schizophrenic relapse were estimated. Comparisons were made between two patient groups from households of high expressed emotion (HEE): one group received a nine-month family intervention (HEE Intervention) and the other group routine treatment (HEE Control). A third group consisted of patients from low-EE households (LEE Control). The significant decrease in relapse rates in the HEE Intervention group compared with the HEE Control group has previously been reported; the analysis of costs indicates that any increase in costs due to the family intervention is outweighed by a decrease in usage of the established mental health services. The intervention resulted in a decrease of 27% in mean cost per patient.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 481 - 484
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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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