To reduce the likelihood of relapse among patients with schizophrenia who return to live with their families, a new type of intervention makes use of ____.
A) psychoanalytic approaches to facilitate dream interpretation
B) a technique called milieu therapy
C) strengthening family members' communication skills
D) medication to increase the patient's expression of emotion

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Strengthening family members' communication skills is a key component of family therapy, which is effective in reducing relapse rates in schizophrenia by improving family dynamics and reducing expressed emotion.

To Reduce the Likelihood of Relapse Among Patients with Schizophrenia