Relatives’ beliefs about schizophrenia: a 10-year follow-up survey

Background/Objectives: Relatives’ opinions about schizophrenia may influence expressed emotions, family burden and patients’ adherence to Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT). Although BFT proved effective in the treatment of schizophrenia after 24 months, only a few studies have explored relatives’ beliefs about family therapy in the long term. Our research examines how the opinion of a group of relatives of persons with schizophrenia attending a BFT treatment changed ten years after the intervention. Methods: In the year 2000, the subjective beliefs of 18 relatives of an equal number of persons with schizophrenia…