COGNITIVE THERAPY IN REHABILITATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

拟议项目的目的是评估一项 精神病康复的团体形式认知治疗程序 精神分裂症患者。 主要研究环境将是 在一个州的强化住院精神病康复计划 医院 认知疗法目前正在开发中，基于 目前在欧洲广泛使用的程序， 拟议项目的主要研究者开发的其他技术。 的 这项研究的主要假设是，认知疗法产生更多的 获得技能，更高的出勤率和参与度，更好的个人 更快的进步和更成功的康复。 这些假设将在两组中进行检验（认知疗法与非认知疗法 认知疗法）-通过-重复测量ANOVA。 除了组间对比结果分析外， 将评估临床指标预测 治疗结果 成功完成这项研究将导致增加一个新的 已知有效的治疗方式， 精神康复 此外，由于认知疗法 精神分裂症的一些“标志性”缺陷比 技能培训模式、本研究和未来研究产生的数据 应该能让我们更全面地了解 精神分裂症的认知和行为病理之间的联系

The purpose of the proposed project is to evaluate the effects of a group-format cognitive therapy procedure on psychiatric rehabilitation of persons with schizophrenia. The primary study setting will be an intensive inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation program in a state hospital. The cognitive therapy is currently being developed, based on procedures currently in widespread use in Europe and augmented by additional techniques developed by the PI of the proposed project. The primary hypotheses of the study are that cognitive therapy produces more skill acquisition, higher attendance and participation, better personal functioning, more rapid progress and more success in rehabilitation. The hypotheses will be tested in two-groups (cognitive therapy vs. no cognitive therapy) -- by -- repeated measures ANOVA's. In addition to the group contrast outcome analysis, a battery of clinical measures will be evaluated for their ability to predict treatment outcome. Successful completion of this study will lead to addition of a new treatment modality of known effectiveness to the armamentarium of psychiatric rehabilitation. Also, since cognitive therapy addresses some of the "hallmark" deficits of schizophrenia more directly than skill training modalities, data generated in this and future studies should lead to a more complete understanding of the relationships between cognitive and behavioral pathology in schizophrenia.