The Efficacy of Psychoeducational Family Intervention for Major Depression: Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial

• DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13081199
• Publication Date: 2023-08-14T14:13:57Z
• Authors: Claudia Toni; Mario Luciano; Eleonora Arsenio; Alessia Boiano; Emilia Corvino; Bianca Della Rocca; Maria Lapadula; Lucia Tretola; Gaia Sampogna; Andrea Fiorillo
• Keywords: Depression; Outpatient clinic; Psychoeducation

This study aims to assess the efficacy of a psychoeducational family intervention (PFI) reduce severity depressive symptoms and improve psychosocial functioning increase social contacts in sample patients with major disorder (MDD). The degree which PFI will patients' relapses, hospitalizations, self-stigmatization their quality life also be assessed. Other secondary outcomes include improvement relatives' coping strategies, burden, expressed emotions life. non-profit, unfunded, national, multicentric randomized controlled trial blinded outcome assessments carried out 24 Italian university outpatient units. Families assessed at baseline 6, 12, months post-randomization. Our working hypothesis is that PFIs symptoms, they We expect these results maintained after 12 months, albeit reduction magnitude. consist 384 1:1 ratio stratified according center, age, gender, educational level.