Family Program: Education, Skills, and Therapy for Families of People With Co-occurring Disorders

The Family Program curriculum teaches families about the nature of co- occurring disorders and their treatment. Designed to be fifteen weeks long, this adaptable program can meet the needs of varied residential or outpatient settings by reducing or increasing the number of weeks. Single-family sessions orient a family to a loved one’s specific psychiatric disorder. Multiple-family sessions run in a rotating twelve-week cycle, allowing families to join at any point. Topics of discussion for the multiple-family sessions include medication, communication, stress, coping with symptoms, and others. Reproducible handouts and fact sheets are included on the accompanying CD-ROM.