European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine ISSN 2515-8260 Volume 08, Issue 02, 2021 1053 The Effect of Supportive Therapy on the Ability of Families of People with Mental Disorders at Purbaratu Community Health Center, Tasikmalaya, Indonesia Ridwan Kustiawan 1* , Peni Cahyati 1 , Sofia Februanti 1 1 Nursing program study, PoltekkesKemenkesTasikmalaya, Indonesia * ridwankustiawan755@gmail.com ABSTRACT Schizophrenia is a chronic disease that requires long-term medical treatment and causes physical, psychological, and social problems related to the disease and the potential side effects of its treatment. One of the nursing therapies that support the family is supportive therapy. Supportive therapy is a therapy that is given to exchange experiences regarding the problems experienced to improve family coping. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of therapy supportive on the ability of families to care for family members who are people with mental disorders at Purbaratu Health Center, Tasikmalaya City. The type of research is analytic research with approach quasi-experimental to the type of experimental- test and post-test one-group design, with a sample of 22 families were divided into 2 groups. The implementation of supportive therapy for each group was conducted 2 times at the Purbaratu Health Center. The ability of the family referred to in this therapy is the ability to recognize mental disorders and their treatment, the ability to empower other family members in care, and the ability to involve the external family in treating people with mental disorders. Based on results the Wilcoxon test obtained a significance value of 0.0001 (r<0.05). So the conclusion is that there is a significant difference in the score of family ability in caring for family members of people with mental disorders between before and after supportive therapy. Keywords: ability of family, supportive therapy, People with Mental Disorders 1. Introduction Schizophrenia is a chronic disease requiring long-term medical treatment and causes physical, psychological, and social problems related to the disease and the potential side effects of its treatment [1]. According to basic health research (riskesdas) (2013), the Indonesian population experiences schizophrenia as much as 0.17% or as many as 400 thousand people [2]. The number of schizophrenia patients who have finished being treated at the hospital will be treated at home by their families, then carry out control at the community health center (Puskesmas). The community health center (Puskesmas) functions as a center for driving development with a health perspective, a community empowerment center, and a first-level health service center [3]. Nurses can provide nursing care through community empowerment with a family approach, from assessment to evaluation. Promoting mental health and welfare universally