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Family intervention for Asian Americans with a schizophrenic patient in the family
1School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. sungwoob@usc.edu
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|November 22, 2000
Abstract:
A family intervention model designed to meet the unique sociocultural needs of Asian-American schizophrenia patients and their families is proposed. This five-stage model consists of: preparation, engagement, psychoeducational (i.e., survivor skills) workshop, family sessions, and an ending stage. Guidelines and specific suggestions for implementing each of these stages are offered as a means of dealing effectively With Asian Americans' differential value orientations and cultural characteristics.