The program involves 14
group sessions facilitated
by psychologists that include
psychoeducational instruction,
group discussions, role plays, and homework assignments.
Summary: (To include comparison
groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) Participants were randomized,
by pairs, into the Individual Family Psychoeducation (IFP, otherwise known as Individual Family -
Psychoeducational Psychotherapy (PEP)-RRB- plus treatment as usual (IFP + TAU, n = 10) condition, or into a waitlist - control condition plus TAU (WLC + TAU, n = 10) Measures included the Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes — Child and Parent Forms; the Children's Depression Rating Scale — Revised (CDRS - R) and Mania Rating Scale (MRS) in order to assess severity of mood impairment; and Mood Severity Index (MSI), which measured overall mood severity.
In a study
by Beardslee et al [76], 37 families who had an eight - to 15 - year - old child and a parent with an affective disorder were randomly assigned to a lecture
group discussion or a clinician - facilitated
psychoeducational intervention.