Williams P, Williams W A, Sommer R, Sommer B
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1986 Mar;37(3):253-6. doi: 10.1176/ps.37.3.253.
Family groups are becoming increasingly active in providing support to family members and in mental health advocacy. The authors report the results of a survey that assessed the concerns of members of the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the treatment history of disabled family members. The 199 respondents were typically the parents of a schizophrenic son between the ages of 24 and 34 whose illness was first noticed in the late teens and for whom assistance had been sought for at least a decade. The respondents indicated that medication, family support, socialization centers, community residential treatment, and locked facilities had most helped the family member to improve. The most important additional needs were housing, vocational, and social opportunities and research.
家庭团体在为家庭成员提供支持以及精神健康宣传方面正变得越来越积极。作者报告了一项调查的结果，该调查评估了加利福尼亚精神病患者联盟成员的担忧以及残疾家庭成员的治疗史。199名受访者通常是年龄在24岁至34岁之间患有精神分裂症儿子的父母，其儿子的病情在青少年后期首次被发现，并且已经寻求帮助至少十年了。受访者表示，药物治疗、家庭支持、社交中心、社区住院治疗和封闭设施对家庭成员的改善帮助最大。最重要的其他需求是住房、职业和社会机会以及研究。
