The psychoeducation program consisted of
6 individual sessions and 4 telephone follow-up
sessions. The education sessions were delivered to
the schizophrenic patients during the last week of
their hospital stay. The content of the program
was developed based on results from a systematic
review by Pekkala & Merinder.18 Specifically, it
was suggested that a psychoeducational program
contain education concerning symptoms of
schizophrenia, treatments, and side effects of
medications, symptom management, and stress
management.