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The Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation Program for Chinese Patients With Schizophrenia

Wai Tong Chien, Ph.D., B.N., and Isabella Y. M. Lee, M.Phil., B.N.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 64, Number 4
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002092012
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Abstract

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This study tested the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based psychoeducation program for Chinese outpatients with schizophrenia over an 18-month follow-up. The program is a psychoeducational program that addresses patients’ awareness and knowledge of schizophrenia and builds skills for illness management.

Methods

A multisite controlled trial was conducted with 96 Chinese patients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong. They were randomly assigned to either the mindfulness-based psychoeducation program or usual psychiatric care. The patients’ mental and psychosocial functioning, insights into illness, and rehospitalization rates were measured at recruitment and at three and 18 months postintervention.

Results

Compared with those in usual care, the patients in the mindfulness psychoeducation program showed significantly greater improvements in their illness insights, symptom severity, functioning, and number and length of rehospitalizations at the 18-month follow-up.

Conclusions

The findings provide evidence that the mindfulness-based education program can improve Chinese schizophrenia sufferers’ psychosocial functioning and reduce their illness relapse.

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Cover: Geraldine Lee #2, by George Wesley Bellows, 1914. Oil on panel, 38 × 30 inches. The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.

Psychiatric Services
Volume 64 • Number 4 • April 2013
Pages: 376 - 379
PubMed: 23412024

History

Published in print: April 2013
Published online: 15 October 2014

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Wai Tong Chien, Ph.D., B.N.
Dr. Chien is affiliated with the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Lee is with the Electrodiagnostic Unit, Tuen Mun Hospital, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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Isabella Y. M. Lee, M.Phil., B.N.
Dr. Chien is affiliated with the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Lee is with the Electrodiagnostic Unit, Tuen Mun Hospital, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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