Rivista di psichiatria
Functioning Management & Recovery - Resource Group, a psychoeducational intervention to improve empowerment of people with severe mental illness: a 12-month multicenter randomized control study
By Veltro F, Latte G, Pontarelli C and 10 others.
Abstract
Aim
Functioning Management and Recovery with the Resource Group (FM&R-GR) is a standardized Psychoeducational Intervention elaborated to improve functioning and empowerment of people with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) living in the community. The aim of this study is to prove its efficacy by the primary and secondary outcomes.
Methods
60 patients with SMI were recruited in 5 day-centers (North and South Italy) randomly assigned into 2 groups (Experimental vs Control); patients underwent a multicenter follow-up study with a two time-point evaluation (t0, pre-treatment and t1, 12 months). A highly structured FM&R-GR was used in the Experimental Group (EG), whereas a less structured manual was used in the Control Group (CG). At each time point, Social Functioning, Empowerment and Distress, were assessed as primary outcome; furthermore, Psychopathological Status, Cognitive Functioning, and Cognitive Flexibility were assessed as secondary outcome.