[Professional mental health support provided by local government to families of people with schizophrenia in need of treatment].

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe the content of interventions provided by mental health professionals working for local government in Japan to families of people with schizophrenia in need of treatment.

Methods: The study was designed to be qualitative and descriptive. The subjects were ten local prefectural or municipal government professionals in the Kanto region who worked as psychiatric social workers or public health nurses and who had five or more years of experience in their professions.