Psychosocial Interventions for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness and Their Familes in Turkey: A Systematic Review
Psychosocial Interventions for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness and Their Familes in Turkey: A Systematic Review

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to describe the psychosocial interventions for individuals with severe mental illness and/or their families in Turkey, and evaluate their results. Turkish Psychiatry Index, Turkish Medline, Council of Higher Education National Thesis Center, Google Scholar, and TR Index databases were searched to identify the studies conducted with individuals with severe mental illness and/or their families between 2000 and 2019. As a result of the search, 2404 studies were obtained in total, and 36 of them were selected to be evaluated. 16 of the studies examined are published research articles, 10 are PhD theses, 6 are master’s theses, and 4 are medical dissertation. While the majority of the psychosocial intervention programs (47.2%) are psychoeducation studies, 11 (30.5%) are original skill trainings and 8 (22.2%) are problem- or symptom-oriented studies. The average number of samples of intervention programs mostly practiced by nurses is 30.5, and the average intervention period is 10.5 sessions. The results reveal that the positive effects of the applied programs on the areas such as social functionality, treatment compliance and quality of life for individuals with severe mental illness; and subjective burden, coping strategies, emotional expression and family functionality for caregivers. It is extremely important for individuals with severe mental illness and their families to extend these programs, which currently seem to be implemented in a limited way in Turkey, and to make them a part of routine clinical practice.

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