Assessment of a new rehabilitative coping skills module for persons with schizophrenia

Authors
Leclerc, C Lesage, AD Ricard, N Lecomte, T Cyr, M
Citation
C. Leclerc et al., Assessment of a new rehabilitative coping skills module for persons with schizophrenia, AM J ORTHOP, 70(3), 2000, pp. 380-388
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY
ISSN journal
00029432 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
380 - 388
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(200007)70:3<380:AOANRC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A rehabilitative coping skills module employing problem solving and cogniti ve behavioral therapy and an experimental repeated-measure design was teste d on 55 randomly selected persons severely handicapped by schizophrenia, mo st of whom had lived almost half of their lives in psychiatric wards. Unlik e the control group of 44 comparable schizophrenics, the experimental group exhibited a significant decrease in delusions and increase in self-esteem, and maintained hygiene levels.