 This proposed randomized controlled trial will test the effectiveness of a problem-solving based bibliotherapy program PSBBP for Chinese family caregivers in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. A repeated-measures, three-group design will be used to evaluate and compare the effects between two treatment groupsPSBBP and psycho-education group and routine outpatient service and family supportcontrol group for 129 randomly selected family caregivers of outpatients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders over a 12-month follow-up. 