TY - JOUR
T1 - Updates and five-year evaluation of the S.A.F.E. Program
T2 - A family psychoeducational program for serious mental illness
AU - Sherman, Michelle D.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - This brief report reviews recent updates to the S.A.F.E. Program, a family psychoeducational intervention for serious mental illness created in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system. The improvements and significant content additions to the curriculum are outlined. Further, positive five-year program evaluation data are described, including high levels of participant retention and satisfaction. Program attendance is positively correlated with understanding of mental illness, awareness of VA resources, and ability to engage in self-care activities-and inversely correlated with caregiver distress. This data lays the groundwork for a randomized clinical trial and raises questions about the necessity of diagnostic-specific family programming.
AB - This brief report reviews recent updates to the S.A.F.E. Program, a family psychoeducational intervention for serious mental illness created in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system. The improvements and significant content additions to the curriculum are outlined. Further, positive five-year program evaluation data are described, including high levels of participant retention and satisfaction. Program attendance is positively correlated with understanding of mental illness, awareness of VA resources, and ability to engage in self-care activities-and inversely correlated with caregiver distress. This data lays the groundwork for a randomized clinical trial and raises questions about the necessity of diagnostic-specific family programming.
KW - Family psychoeducation
KW - Family therapy
KW - PTSD
KW - Serious mental illness
KW - Veteran
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U2 - 10.1007/s10597-005-9018-3
DO - 10.1007/s10597-005-9018-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16404684
AN - SCOPUS:33744464240
SN - 0010-3853
VL - 42
SP - 213
EP - 219
JO - Community Mental Health Journal
JF - Community Mental Health Journal
IS - 2
ER -