A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL EDUCATIONAL-PROGRAM FOR SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS

Modern treatment of schizophrenia emphasizes pharmacology and nonspeci fic rehabilitative strategies, but there is renewed interest in psycho logically oriented treatments as well. Borrowing from dynamic, cogniti ve-behavioral, and psychoeducational traditions, the authors describe a program aimed at teaching patients with schizophrenia about their il lness and at addressing key cognitive, social, and emotional areas of difficulty from which they generally suffer. The authors document the enthusiasm of the patients for such art approach and provide a case ex ample.