South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Each class has 5 to 8 patients attending. Teaching includes:
"Understanding Your Symptoms" (of Major Mental Illness);
"Nutrition, Wellness & Living a Healthy Lifestyle."
The Recovery Center Program can help:
Improve Outcomes
Meet Standards
Use Limited Resources Efficiently
Psychoeducation is ......
The education of a person with a psychiatric disorder - that serves the goals of treatment and rehabilitation.
To impact knowledge and, in some cases, to teach skills
Based on solid principles of learning - and uses teaching methods that are appropriate to the targeted audience
Impact of Psychoeducation
Increase Knowledge
Improve Compliance
Reduce Relapse Rates
Decrease Denial
Reduce Negative Attitudes About Medication
Decrease Negative Symptoms
Increase Revenue
Carl Hagerman & Kathy Burton