The Effectiveness of Group Family Psycho-Education on Perceived Stress of Bipolar Patients Care Givers

The current study has been done with the aim of studying the efficacy of group family psycho education on bipolar patients caregivers perceived stress. This research s design is semi-experimental pre-post-test with control group. Using convince sampling 40 of patients who has been recognized as bipolar patients based on their case records and Skid s semi-structured clinical interview and who were willing to cooperate were chosen and randomly replaced in control and experimental groups. Then Chohen s perceived stress questionnaire was filled by caregivers. The experimental group went through an 8 session training of family psycho education. After the therapeutic course the mentioned test has been conducted for both groups. The results has been analyzed using SPSS 21 version. The statistical method includes descriptive statistics (including mean, standard deviation, scores minimum and maximum) and inferential statistics (ANOVA). The results of ANOVA showed that there is a significant difference between control and experimental groups perceived stress post test scores (P<0/05). Results showed that family s psycho education can be useful as an effective therapy for reducing perceived stress.

Keywords:

Family Psycho Education , Perceived Stress , Bipolar Patients