The project intended to achieve the following objectives and results: A. Spread knowledge about Multifamily Groups (MFGs) in the field of mental health, also with the information collected through a research on multifamily groups existing in different territories and at an international level; B. Improve the operational methods adopted in multifamily group meetings according to the psychoanalysis of J.Garcia Badaracco, through the definition of the key elements for the organization and the management of the groups. C. Strengthen the role of the MFPGs conductor and facilitator through the design of a training curriculum based on his specific skills and competences. D. Strengthen the skills of local communities for the development of new MFGs managed by conductors trained in a European curriculum, providing information, methodology and tools. E. Strengthen the community of practice among key operators of GMFs, through the permanent sharing of know-how, training courses, all documents offered as OER. The objectives, results and products of FA.M.HE are closely linked to the development of the competencies of the MFPGs Conductors and Facilitators
Family carers of adults with schizophrenia spend an average of 6-9 hours a day providing care (WHO Europe, 2010) and the relevant role of families in caring for people coping with mental illness is reaffirmed in the WHO European Framework for Action on Mental Health 2021–2025: “Mental health service users and their support systems can and should be active participants in treatment and recovery rather than passive recipients of treatment plans developed by health professionals and/or care teams” ( p.13) In some European countries, multi-family meetings are spreading, which involve the participation of several families, together with their most fragile members. Yet in Europe the lack of information on the interventions and methodologies adopted in these meetings is even greater than the information on the services dedicated to individual families. FA.M.HE. intended to respond to this lack of information about Multifamily Groups, delvet into the key elements of a methodology proposed by the psychoanalyst J. Garcia Badaracco and proposed a training program for the Conductors and for the Facilitators of the Multifamily Psychoanalysis Groups (MFPGs), starting from the analysis of their competencies.