Journal of International Psychiatry

Objective: To observe the effect of family intervention on the rehabilitation of patients with first-episode schizophrenia. Methods: Seventy-two patients with first-episode schizophrenia who were stable and taking drugs after hospitalization in our hospital from July 2017 to June 2019 were randomly divided into two groups by random number table method. Among them, 36 patients in the control group received non-family intervention, and 36 patients in the research group received family intervention. The negative and positive scale (PANSS), who quality of life measurement scale (whoqol-bref), and individual and social function scale (PSP) were used to compare the treatment effect, social function and quality of life before and after treatment of patients in the two groups, and the recurrence rate of the two groups was calculated. Results: Six months after family intervention, PANSS score of 36 patients in the study group was significantly reduced, and the efficacy was better than that of the control group, with statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). Whoqol-bref score and PSP score in the study group were significantly better than those in the control group, with statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). The recurrence rate of the study group was significantly lower than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: Family intervention can improve the efficacy of patients with first-episode schizophrenia, further improve the quality of life and social function of patients, reduce the recurrence rate, and reduce the financial burden of patients families, which is worthy of extensive promotion and popularization in clinical practice

Family intervention; First-episode schizophrenia; Treatment effect