Skills Training for Schizophrenia: Enhancing Outcomes
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 4
研究概览
简要总结
This study will determine the effectiveness of skills training in people with schizophrenia and the applicability of the acquired skills in the "real world."
详细描述
People with schizophrenia have a large number of social and symptom management training programs available to them. Studies suggest that these training programs are effective, but their generalizability and effectiveness in outpatient settings has not been thoroughly examined. This study will examine the treatment outcomes of a skills training approach in schizophrenic individuals taking antipsychotic medication.
Participants taking stable doses of risperidone, olanzapine, or quetiapine will be randomly assigned to receive either intensive symptom management and social skills training or group therapy for 12 months. A verbal memory test will be used to stratify the randomization procedure and to control for neurocognitive functioning.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 55 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder for > 5 years
- •Use of stable dose risperidone, olanzapine, or quetiapine for at least 1 month with no planned medication changes
- •Social Behavior Scale (SBS) score > 45
- •Willing and able to provide informed consent
排除标准
- •Intelligence Quotient < 70
- •Use of more than one antipsychotic medication
- •Use of benzodiazepines, tricyclic antidepressants, or anticholinergic medication commonly used to treat extrapyramidal symptoms
- •Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-IV criteria for alcohol or other substance dependence
- •History of any traumatic brain injury leading to loss of consciousness for > 30 minutes
- •Diagnosis of a comorbid medical condition that could interfere with antipsychotic medication treatment or the ability to complete the study