Practicing Psychoeducation at the University Psychiatric Service in Marrakech

: Objective: to take stock of the state of psychoeducation at the service level of psychiatry and to evaluate the participation of nursing staff in education therapeutic. Material: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in May 2021 at the university psychiatric service in Morocco on a sample of 70 staff, 62 nurses and 8 psychiatrists. Results: 87 % of caregivers had notions about psychoeducation. 53, 3% reported having received training, 90% of which had benefited from it at the basic curriculum level. the entire personnel involved in the investigation asserted the existence of therapeutic effects of the psychoeducation. 37.09% reported that psychoeducation has an effect on adherence to care and 33.87% considered that the effect of psychoeducation is on behavioural change. 67.74% considered psychoeducation as a therapeutic intervention that did not requires no medical prescription. 85.48% of the surveyed population estimated that the absence of psychoeducation hinders the patient’s overall therapeutic plan. the majority of staff felt that psychoeducation is influenced by related factors 40, 32% reported that the level of education in the A good practice of psychoeducation. Only 22.58% have acknowledged having tried psychoeducation in their practice. 51.61% estimated that the lack of training is the reason why psychoeducation is not integrated in management of patients. In the majority of cases, patients who have received education was schizophrenic and bipolarAll participants in the survey had asserted the therapeutic effect of psychoeducation. The majority affirmed the importance of patient family involvement in psychoeducation. 72, 58% of staff having practiced psychoeducation reported having done so for families. 80.64% have done so on their own initiative. 100% of caregivers were motivated to participate in a psychoeducation training. Conclusion: Adoption by medical staff and paramedical approach to education in their daily practice should be the rule, However, the lack of training of caregivers remains an essential obstacle.