Investigation of the Effects of Family-Focused Therapy in the Early Period of Bipolar Disorder and Psychotic Disorder

"After the patient and family are informed, they are included in the therapy group on a voluntary basis. After evaluation by independent evaluators, therapy sessions are started by therapists.~Session 1: Goal Setting, Treatment Overview, Symptoms, Vulnerability Stress Model Session 2: Stress and Coping Skills, Regulation of sleep habits, Relaxation exercises Session 3: Optimizing Family Support; Prevention Plan, Medication adherence Session 4: Overview of Communication Skills; Expressing Positive Feelings, Active Listening Session 5: Making Positive Requests for Change, Communication Clarity Session 6: Expressing Negative Feelings Session 7: Introduction to Problem Solving Skills Session 8 and 9: Problem Solving Skills, Termination of Treatment The same psychometric assessment will be repeated before and after FFT. Intra-group comparisons will be made. Also study groups will be compared using time by group interactions to investigate the differences in therapy response."