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Psychoeducation represents the transfer of information to clients or their families so that they can better support themselves or others. This education is designed to help empower the client to improve how they handle a physical or mental health condition. Psychoeducation is the linking of psychology with education.
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Psychoeducation may be general or very specialized. Sometimes, psychoeducation consists of simply sharing information about a condition, including treatments and medications. Other times, psychoeducation can include providing normalization of the individual’s emotional frustrations. Psychoeducation is sometimes viewed as an intervention and otherwise as a part of an intervention for mental health conditions.
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Walsh, J. (2018). Psychoeducation. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_9160
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