Psychoeducation

Psychoeducation (a portmanteau of psychological education) is an evidence-based therapeutic intervention for patients and their loved ones that provides information and support to better understand and cope with illness.

[1][2] Psychoeducation offered to patients and family members teaches problem-solving and communication skills and provides education and resources in an empathetic and supportive environment.

They may be thrust into the role of case manager, medication monitor, financial planner, or housing coordinator with little education or support to prepare them.

[6] The concept of psychoeducation was first noted in the medical literature, in an article by John E. Donley "Psychotherapy and re-education" in The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, published in 1911.

[citation needed] Jeannine Guindon was a pioneer of psychoeducation in her work with disturbed children in Montreal, Canada, in the 1970s.

In the last few years increasingly systematic group programs have been developed, in order to make the knowledge more understandable to patients and their families.