This study has emphasized the importance of family training on: 1) adaptation of patieants in everyday life, 2) increasing family knowledge and, 3) reducing family negative attitude toward this illness. Using a questionnaire and clinical interview, 30 families were studied in 3 groups, which wre matched regarding the patients sex, age, education, social class and dagnosis. The results showed that the family program had a positive effects n the attitude of the family of schizophernic patients and their knowledge about the illness and their patients.

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