Gharavi, Yasmin
Stringer, Barbara
Hoogendoorn, Adriaan
Boogaarts, Jan
Van Raaij, Bas
Van Meijel, Berno
Article History
Received: 16 August 2017
Accepted: 19 March 2018
First Online: 27 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Under Dutch law, no medical ethical approval was needed for our study, see CCMO [CitationRef removed]. According to the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO), research falls under the scope of the WMO if:OrderedList removedOur study does not concern medical-scientific research, since it is an evaluation study among family members (non-patients) following a training program that is offered as care as usual in several Dutch mental health institutions over the past years.This was confirmed by the Pro Persona Research Department (February 2016).After receiving verbal and written information on the study, all participants / family members signed for informed consent.
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