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A Family Approach to Severe Mental Illness in Post–War Kosovo
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This study describes the effects of a psychoeducational multiple-family group program for families of people with severe mental illness in post-war Kosovo that was developed by a Kosovar-American professional collaborative. The subjects were 30 families of people with severe mental illnesses living in two cities in Kosovo. All subjects participated in multiple-family groups and received family home visits. The program documented medication compliance, number of psychiatric hospitalizations, family mental health services use, and several other characteristics, for the year prior to the groups and the first year of the groups. The families attended an average of 5.5 (out of 7) groups, and 93% of these families attended four or more meetings. The uncontrolled pre- to post-intervention comparison demonstrated decreases in medication non-compliance and hospitalizations, and increases in family mental health service use. The program provided training for mental health professionals, led to policy change in the Ministry of Health, and resulted in dissemination to other community mental health centers. This study provides preliminary evidence that a collaboratively designed and implemented psychoeducational, multiple-family program is a feasible and beneficial intervention for families of people with severe mental illness in impoverished post-war settings.
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“In Kosovo, even multiple-family groups were shown to be feasible, which has tremendous promise for future cost-effective interventions that may be made across the social ecology.39”
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- Authors
- Weine, S., Ukshini, S., Griffith, J., Agani, F., Pulleyblank–Coffey, E., Ulaj, J., Becker, C., Ajeti, L., Elliott, M., Alidemaj–Sereqi, V., Landau, J., Asllani, M., Mango, M., Pavkovic, I., Bunjaku, A., Rolland, J., Çala, G., Sargent, J., Saul, J., Makolli, S., Sluzki, C., Statovci, S., & Weingarten, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- George Mason University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17-27
- ISSN
- 0033-2747 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2011041680
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Keywords
- severe mental illness, relatives of people with mental illness, psychoeducation, post-war Kosovo, medication adherence, psychiatric hospitalization, family mental health services, home visits, professional collaboration, health policy change, community mental health centers
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Combined Modality Therapy, Cooperative Behavior, Family Therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Patient Care Team, Patient Compliance, Patient Education as Topic, Patient Readmission, Psychotherapy, Group, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Antipsychotic Agents, Warfare, Yugoslavia
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- Weine, S., Ukshini, S., Griffith, J., Agani, F., Pulleyblank–Coffey, E., Ulaj, J., Becker, C., Ajeti, L., Elliott, M., Alidemaj–Sereqi, V., Landau, J., Asllani, M., Mango, M., Pavkovic, I., Bunjaku, A., Rolland, J., Çala, G., Sargent, J., Saul, J., . . . Weingarten, K. (2005). A Family Approach to Severe Mental Illness in Post–War Kosovo. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1521/psyc.68.1.17.64187
