Training patients with schizophrenia with the community re-entry module

Xiang, Yu‐Tao; Weng, Yong-Zhen; Li, Wenyong; Gao, Liang; Chen, Guo-Lan; Xie, Lijuan; Chang, Yan-Li; Tang, Wai Kwong; Ungvári, Gábor S.

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“…In total, 13 data sets compared a group psychotherapeutic treatment to an active sham group [37,39,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51], and 19 data sets compared a group psychotherapeutic treatment to TAU [7,12,13,34,40,41,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63]. Thirty-one percent of the interventions were cognitive-behavioural approaches (including cognitive-behavioural social skills training and compensatory cognitive training), 19% came under the umbrella term ‘non-verbal arts therapies' (including music therapy, body-oriented psychotherapy and art therapy), and the remaining 50% included a range of therapeutic orientations such as cognitive remediation therapy, psycho-education and integrated approaches.…”

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Are Group Psychotherapeutic Treatments Effective for Patients with Schizophrenia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Orfanos

Banks

Priebe

2015

Psychother Psychosom

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Background: Different psychotherapeutic treatments for schizophrenia are delivered in groups. However, little is known about the effectiveness of these group therapies for people with schizophrenia across different treatments with varying therapeutic orientations. This review aimed to (1) estimate the effect of different group psychotherapeutic treatments for schizophrenia and (2) explore whether any overall ‘group effect' is moderated by treatment intensity, diagnostic homogeneity and therapeutic orientation. Methods: A systematic search of randomised controlled trials exploring the effectiveness of group psychotherapeutic treatments for people with schizophrenia was conducted. Random-effect meta-analyses on endpoint symptom scores compared group psychotherapeutic treatments with treatment as usual and active sham groups. Findings on social functioning were described narratively, and meta-regression analyses on group characteristics were carried out. Results: Thirty-four eligible trials were included. A weak-to-moderate significant between-group difference in favour of group psychotherapeutic treatments was found for negative symptom scores (standard mean difference = -0.37, 95% confidence interval -0.60, -0.14; p < 0.01, I² = 59.8%) only when compared to treatment as usual and not to active sham groups. Improved social functioning was reported as a treatment outcome in the majority of studies compared to treatment as usual. The ‘group effect' on negative symptoms was positively related to ‘treatment intensity' (β = 0.32, standard error = 0.121; p < 0.05). Conclusion: Group psychotherapeutic treatments can improve negative symptoms and social functioning deficits in the treatment of schizophrenia. The effect occurs across different treatments and appears to be non-specific. Future research should identify the underlying mechanisms for the positive effect of participating in groups and explore how they can be maximised to increase the therapeutic benefit.

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Are Group Psychotherapeutic Treatments Effective for Patients with Schizophrenia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Orfanos

Banks

Priebe

2015

Psychother Psychosom

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“…The objectives of this study were (1) to measure and compare SQOL in Chinese schizophrenia patients between HK and Beijing (BJ) and (2) to explore the association of QOL with socio-demographic and clinical factors in the two sites.…”

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Subjective quality of life in outpatients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong and Beijing: relationship to socio-demographic and clinical factors

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Despite considerable differences between the two sites in terms of health care delivery and the economic conditions of the subjects, SQOL did not differ between HK and BJ. The conclusion is in line with previous studies that suggested that patients' SQOL was independent of their living standard as long as it reached a certain minimum level. SQOL was more strongly related to the severity of depressive symptoms and had weak association with socio-demographic factors.

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“…The authors found long-term SST had modest positive effects on functioning over a control group supportive therapy program, however clinicians were not blind to treatment group, thus findings should be viewed with caution [63]. A study conducted in Beijing, China found social functioning, as assessed by the Chinese version of the Social Disability Screening Schedule, improved significantly for patients who received 8 weeks of SST based on the community re-entry module, in comparison to those who received supportive counselling [62]. In a more recent study Cirici et al [58] used the Social Behaviour Assessment Schedule [66], an informant interview-based measure of social functioning, as well as a self-report measures to test the effects of 20 weeks SST in schizophrenia outpatients.…”

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Interventions Targeting Social and Vocational Dysfunction in Individuals with a Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

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Killackey

Thompson

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Handbook of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Volume III

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Individuals with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder are among the most marginalized of any chronic illness group, having poorer performance and outcomes in nearly every domain of health and functioning. Poor social functioning is now widely acknowledged to be a major indicator of the prognosis of schizophrenia as well as a major contributor to illness outcome. Social and functional disabilities have serious detrimental effects on the individuals' quality of life and recovery, yet up until the twenty-first century treatment had largely been concentrated around symptomatic improvement, with the assumption that functional recovery would automatically follow. However, statistics on functional outcomes for individuals with schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses suggest that this is in fact a relatively rare phenomenon. The definitions of "functioning" and "outcome" have also been poorly defined and inconsistent over the years, with alleviation of psychotic symptoms and decreased hospital admissions weighing heavily in the characterisation of improved functional outcome. In the last decade most studies have included a general measure of global functioning and/or education/employment as an indicator, but these performance measures have generally not been the primary topic of interest. Only recently has the incorporation of "social" functioning (i.e. social competence, independent living, community involvement and interpersonal relationships), been included as an important factor in overall outcome and moved into the spotlight as a major target for intervention. Historically, social skills training and cognitive remediation have been used to target deficits in social behaviour and cognition, respectively. However, new intervention strategies are being designed to target the underlying thinking patterns related to social interaction, termed social cognition. This chapter will review the different types of interventions that have been or are currently used to treat social and occupational

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Training patients with schizophrenia with the community re-entry module

Abstract: The study supports the feasibility and effectiveness of the Chinese version of the CRM as an effective psychosocial intervention for Chinese patients with schizophrenia to improve psychopathology, social functioning and relapse and re-hospitalization rates.

Cited by 33 publications

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Are Group Psychotherapeutic Treatments Effective for Patients with Schizophrenia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Are Group Psychotherapeutic Treatments Effective for Patients with Schizophrenia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Subjective quality of life in outpatients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong and Beijing: relationship to socio-demographic and clinical factors

Interventions Targeting Social and Vocational Dysfunction in Individuals with a Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

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