Participants were first-time carers recruited through case
managers of two specialist FEP centers, Orygen Youth
Health and the Recovery and Prevention of Psychosis
Service, both in Melbourne, Australia. Study inclusion
criteria were: first-time carer (never previously been in a
caregiver role), in the carer role for less than three years,
and able to communicate in conversational English. Exclusion
criteria were: had been a recipient of specialist
family interventions for FEP, and recent personal history
of serious and enduring mental illness.