The general aim of this thesis was to assess the effectiveness of a standardized psychosocial education program. The first studies of this thesis were aimed to assess the effectiveness of the... Show moreThe general aim of this thesis was to assess the effectiveness of a standardized psychosocial education program. The first studies of this thesis were aimed to assess the effectiveness of the Patient Education Program for Parkinson__s disease (PEPP), as the original program was directed at Parkinson__s disease. Thereafter, it was aimed to assess the program__s feasibility in other diseases. A second step in the thesis was an evaluation of the feasibility of the program adapted to a new disease-specific form for Huntington__s disease (PEP-HD). The third step was to evaluate a generic form of the program in a heterogeneous group of patients with chronic diseases and co-morbid psychiatric problems (PEP-CD). Show less
