Evidence-Based Practices:
Shaping Mental Health Services Toward Recovery
Family Psychoeducation
Workbook
Appendix A: Family Psychoeducation Individual Progress Note
Name: ______________________ ID# ________________ Date: _______________
Name of significant other(s) involved in session: _______________________________
Check item if this activity occurred to a meaningful degree, whether successful and/or effective or not. Please use one progress note per session.
Joining Session
____ Socializing with family and patient
____ Exploration of precipitating factors to illness
____ Review of prodromal symptoms/signs
____ Family’s reaction to the illness
____ Family’s coping strategies, successful and unsuccessful
____ Social network and other support resources
____ Preparation for multifamily group
____ Goals for the treatment, and likely length of treatment
____ Provide information about illness and course of recovery
Multifamily Group One
“Getting to Know One Another.”
____ Socializing
____ Each individual introduces him- or herself, emphasizing strengths and points of pride
____ Participants do not dwell on illness nor criticize others
Multifamily Group Two
“Living With a Mental Illness.”
____ Socializing
____ Each individual describes how the illness has affected him or her
____ Group leaders end session on hopeful theme, emphasizing solving the problems created by the illness and working toward recovery
Multifamily Group or Single-family Sessions
____ Socializing with families and patients
____ A Go-Around, reviewing:
____ Status of employment
____ Recent life events
____ Substance use
____ Applicable guidelines
____ Selection of a single problem
____ Formal problem-solving
____ Problem definition
____ Generation of possible solutions
____ Addressing disadvantages and advantages of each
____ Selection of preferred solution
____ Delineation of tasks and implementation
Clinician Signature ______________________________________________________
Date ________________________________________________________________
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