Journal of International Psychiatry

【 Abstract 】 Objective To explore the influence of psychological intervention on the mental health and coping style of the families of depressed patients.Methods The 76 family members of depression were randomly divided into the study group and the control group.. The study group gave systematic psychological intervention, and the control group was normal health education。Before and after treatment,we evaluated the members’ mental health with the symptom self-assessment scale (scl-90),and the coping style was evaluated by the coping style questionnaire.Results After eight weeks of psychological intervention, the scl-90 has a statistically significant difference（P＜0.05 ）between the group and the control group in somatization , depression, anxiety,hostile and the total score.The score of coping mode was statistically significant (P＜0.05) in the three factors of self-blame, help, and resolution.Conclusions Psychological intervention can effectively improve the mental health status of the depression patients families, and help them establish positive coping style

【 Key words 】 Depression; Family members; Mental health; coping style