Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:1115-1121
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
A randomized clinical trial of inpatient family intervention, III: Effects at 6-month and 18-month follow-ups
JH Spencer Jr, ID Glick, GL Haas, JF Clarkin, AB Lewis, J Peyser, N DeMane, M Good-Ellis, E Harris and V Lestelle
Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.
This paper focuses on the follow-up results of a randomized clinical trial
of inpatient family intervention (IFI) that emphasized psychoeducation.
Results for the sample of 169 psychiatric patients suggested that adding
family treatment to standard hospital treatment was effective; however, the
statistical interactions indicated that this therapeutic effect was
restricted to female patients with schizophrenia or major affective
disorder. The effect of family treatment on male patients with these
diagnoses was minimal or slightly negative. In a group of patients with
other diagnoses, the Treatment by Sex effect was reversed: male patients
did better with the family treatment.
