Trial reportEarly intervention in psychiatry2017
Social problem solving in carers of young people with a first episode of psychosis: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Early intervention in psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychosocial interventions for carers of people with severe mental and substance use disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Pooled it
- A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Caregiver-Facilitated Problem-Solving Based Self-Learning Program for Family Carers of People with Early Psychosis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Intervention Programmes for First-Episode Psychosis: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Review
- Strategies to Alleviate the Burden Experienced by Informal Caregivers of Persons With Severe Mental Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Long term outcome study of a salutogenic psychoeducational recovery oriented intervention (Inte.G.R.O.) in severe mental illness patients.BMC psychiatry · 2022Observational
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
aimCaring for young people with first-episode psychosis is difficult and demanding, and has detrimental effects on carers' well-being, with few evidence-based resources available to assist carers to deal with the problems they are confronted with in this situation. We aimed to examine if completion of a self-directed problem-solving bibliotherapy by first-time carers of young people with first-episode psychosis improved their social problem solving compared with carers who only received treatment as usual.
methodsA randomized controlled trial was carried out through two early intervention psychosis services in Melbourne, Australia. A sample of 124 carers were randomized to problem-solving bibliotherapy or treatment as usual. Participants were assessed at baseline, 6- and 16-week follow-up.
resultsIntent-to-treat analyses were used and showed that recipients of bibliotherapy had greater social problem-solving abilities than those receiving treatment as usual, and these effects were maintained at both follow-up time points.
conclusionsOur findings affirm that bibliotherapy, as a low-cost complement to treatment as usual for carers, had some effects in improving their problem-solving skills when addressing problems related to the care and support of young people with first-episode psychosis.
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