Comparison of disability, social functioning and subjective recovery of patients receiving and not receiving service from the community mental health center

Investigation of the relationship between the negative automatic thoughts of patients with schizophrenia and their levels of social functionality

“…The review of the studies revealed that patients with schizophrenia had a low level of functionality (Alptekin, 2019; Çapar & Kavak, 2019; Ensari et al, 2013; Hill & Startup, 2013). In Öztürk et al's (2021) study conducted in our country, the functionality level of the patients with schizophrenia was moderate, and the functionality scores of the patients who received regular health service from a CMHC were higher than were those of the patients who did not receive health service. The patients participating in the present study regularly presented to the CMHC, and the majority of them were not hospitalized within the past year.…”

“…The patients participating in the present study regularly presented to the CMHC, and the majority of them were not hospitalized within the past year. The main purpose of rehabilitation services offered in the CMHC is to improve the functionality level of patients and to enable them to live independently in the community (Öztürk et al, 2021). Therefore, the results of the present study suggest that rehabilitation services provided in a CMHC positively affect patients' disease prognosis and increase their level of functionality.…”