HARRIET P. LEFLEY is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Miami School of Medicine. She has authored eight books and has been engaged in cross-cultural research and mental health advocacy for almost 30 years.
DALE L. JOHNSON is a professor of psychology at the University of Houston, Texas. He is past president of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and president-elect of the World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders.

Introduction
Research and Service Applications
An International Overview of Family Interventions: Developing Effective Treatment Strategies and Measuring Their Benefits to Patients, Careers, and Community by Ian R.H. Falloon, Rita Roncone, Tilo Held, John H. Coverdale, and Tannis M. Laidlaw
British Models for Expanding Family Pscychoeducation in Routine Practice by Grainne Fadden and Max Birchwood
Psychoeducational Multifamily Groups: Research and Implementation in the United States by William McFarlane, Helaine Hornby, Lisa Dixon, and Scott McNary
Strategies in Developing Competent Family Interventions for Schizophrenia: The Case of Hispanics by Steve Lopez, Alex Kopelowicz, and Jose Canive
Collaborative Models
The Social Network Resource Group in Sweden: A Major Ingredient for Recovery in Severe Mental Illness by Jeanette Jonsson and Ulf Malm
The "First Vienna Trialogue": Experiences with a New Form of Communication Among Users, Relatives, and Mental Health Professionals by Michaela Amering, Ingrid Rath, and Harald Hofer
Family-Professional Collaboration in India by Radha Shankar
Family Caregiving and Treatment Involvement
Caregiving Consequences in the Netherlands and Other European Countries: Development and Use of the Family Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (IEQ) by Bob van Wijngaarden, Aart H. Schene, and Maarten Koeter
On Their Own: Caregivers in Guangzhou, China by Veronica Pearson and Paul C.W. Lam
Differences in Strategies for Implementing Community-Based Psychiatry in Japan: Implications for Families by Masafumi Mizuno and Masaaki Murakami
Family Organizations and Mental Health Policy
Policy Reform in Australia and Family Roles: Learning from Experience by Robert Bland
A Brief History of the International Movement of Family Organizations for Persons with Mental Illness by Dale L. Johnson
Helping Families Cope with Mental Illness: Future International Directions by Harriet P. Lefley

Research has shown that interventions providing psychoeducation and assistance to family members significantly reduce hospitalizations for people with serious mental illness, and help families cope. But research-based models have not been implemented in most mental health systems. This volume looks at the political and socioeconomic realities involved, and describes ways innovative family services have been provided, despite those factors, in many countries throughout the world.
Written by some of the world's leading researchers on psychoeducation, the text also includes material on the rise of family advocacy organizations worldwide. Professionals looking for innovative, culturally appropriate ways to help families and patients cope with mental illness will be most interested.