Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH

Special Report chairs discuss patient education and provide a brief overview of materials that provide an opportunity for patients to help themselves.

With appropriate educational strategies, psychiatrists can address and match diverse goals, competencies, preferences, and practical means of access.

Extensive evidence supports the importance of the involvement of families in the mental health care of patients with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses. Family involvement is endorsed by the President's New Freedom Commission and the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines on schizophrenia.