What we know - and want to know - about Family Connections: a review from the perspective of lived experience.

Family Connections is a peer-led education, skills, and support program for family members of individuals with borderline personality disorder. Extant literature on Family Connections is limited but consistent in regard to methodology and outcomes, allowing for meaningful cross-study comparison. Despite evidence across studies regarding the program's efficacy, a number of questions remain to be answered.

Prepared for transition? A cross-sectional descriptive study of the gains attained in early psychosis programs.

Aim: To examine the degree to which youth identified as ready for discharge from three Canadian early psychosis intervention (EPI) programs had achieved optimal outcomes (ie, symptom remission, quality of life, self-esteem and functioning).

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study is part of a larger study assessing the effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention to sustain the gains acquired in EPI programs in two Canadian provinces (Ontario and Nova Scotia), as youth transition from EPI services to community-based care. Baseline data collected from 39 participants receiving usual treatment in these three EPI programs comprised the comparison group.