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Family Psychoeducation for Hepatitis C Patients and Their Families: Recommendation for Clinicians |
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| Authors: | E Whitney Simpson Omar T Sims Carol S North Barry A Hong |
| Institution: | 1. University of Alabama, Capstone School of Nursing, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA;2. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Social Work, Birmingham, Alabama, USA;3. The Altshuler Center for Education and Research Metrocare Services, The Nancy and Ray L. Hunt Chair in Crisis Psychiatry and Professor, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Dallas, Texas, USA;4. Washington University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Abstract: | PsychoEducation Responsive to Families for Persons coping with Hepatitis C (HCV-PERF) is a multifamily psychoeducation group model designed to help patients with hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) and their families navigate the illness and improve their readiness for treatment. The purpose of this article is to provide information and recommendations for clinicians interested in using the HCV-PERF model. The article provides details of the intervention model and presents thematic categories that evolved from analysis of interviews with clinicians with experience conducting and facilitating HCV-PERF groups. Based on these findings, recommendations were developed to inform and guide the use of HCV-PERF. |
| Keywords: | Groups hepatitis C psychoeducation |