Social Skills Coach: An innovative multi-platform device to address social impairments among individuals with schizophrenia

项目摘要 精神分裂症是一种严重的精神健康问题，影响着世界1%的人口，而且可以 包括妄想，幻觉，思维混乱，缺乏动力，情感表达减少， 以及糟糕的心理社会功能。解决有以下问题的人发展社交技能的需求 精神分裂症等严重精神疾病的循证社会技能培训干预 已经成为一种有效的方法。虽然SST在心理健康领域越来越普遍 关于海洋系统，对能够扩大SST覆盖范围和影响的工具的需求依然存在。作为回应，该中心 社会创新(C4)与马里兰大学医学院合作 精神病学和巴尔的摩研究和教育基金会，Inc./弗吉尼亚州马里兰州医疗保健系统 开发和测试社交技能教练，这是一个动态的在线平台，具有面向客户端的Web应用程序和提供商 支持将产品集成到SST组的仪表板。社交技能教练的组织方式主要有三个 每一部分都以学习理论为基础： 1.复习--加强在SST中获得的知识和技能 2.实践--支持发展推广技能和改进职能 3.应用--将通过使用应用程序磨练出来的知识和技能转化为在世界上的真实接触，以及 提供反思发生的事情的机会 在每个组件中，用户将接受虚拟指导，提供有关以下方面的提示和反馈 学习理念(回顾)、长处和需要改进的地方(实践)，以及在和 在现实生活中相遇之后(适用)。指导第一阶段研究的两个具体目标： 目标1：开发社交技能教练多平台互动设备的原型版本。 目标2：完成一项初步研究，以测试社交技能教练的可行性、可信度和可接受性 并收集初步疗效数据。 这项第一阶段的研究将使用定性和定量的方法来评估社交技能教练和 为更大规模的第二阶段有效性研究提供概念证明。主要结果将是 社会技能教练与SST联合使用的可行性、可信度、可接受性和初步效果 小组培训，以提高知识、技能和社区融合度。 社交技能教练代表着精神健康应用程序领域的创新进入，以支持 循证干预措施的传播和影响。它有潜力作为现有SST努力的补充 或者作为一个独立的康复支持应用程序，为患有严重精神疾病的人提供支持。最重要的是，它可以帮助 提高寻求与朋友、家人和社区重新联系的个人的社交技能。

Project Summary Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that affects 1 percent of the world's population and can involve delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, lack of motivation, decreased emotional expression, and poor psychosocial functioning. To address the need for developing social skills among people with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses, the evidence-based Social Skills Training (SST) intervention has emerged as an effective approach. While SST has become increasingly widespread across mental health systems, a need persists for tools that can increase the reach and impact of SST. In response, the Center for Social Innovation (C4) is partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and the Baltimore Research and Education Foundation, Inc./VA Maryland Health Care System to develop and test Social Skills Coach, a dynamic online platform with a client-facing web app and a provider dashboard to support integration of the product into SST groups. Social Skills Coach is organized around three parts, each of which is grounded in learning theory: 1. Review—to reinforce knowledge and skills acquired in SST 2. Practice—to support the development of generalizable skills and improvements in functioning 3. Apply—to translate knowledge and skills honed by app use into real encounters in the world, and provide opportunities to reflect on what happened Throughout each component, the user will receive virtual coaching that offers tips and feedback about learning concepts (Review), strengths and areas for improvement (Practice), and encouragement before and after real-life encounters (Apply). Two specific aims guide the Phase I study: Aim 1: Develop a prototype version of the Social Skills Coach multi-platform interactive device. Aim 2: Complete a pilot study to test the feasibility, credibility, and acceptability of Social Skills Coach and collect preliminary efficacy data. This Phase I study will use qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate Social Skills Coach and provide proof of concept for a larger Phase II effectiveness study. The primary outcomes will be the feasibility, credibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of using Social Skills Coach in conjunction with SST group training to improve knowledge, skills, and community integration. Social Skills Coach represents an innovative entry into the arena of mental health apps to support the dissemination and impact of evidence-based interventions. It has potential as an adjunct to existing SST efforts or as a stand-alone recovery support app for people with serious mental illnesses. Most importantly, it can help improve social skills for individuals who seek to reconnect with friends, family, and community.