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SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING

SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING. SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING. ‘behavioral skills therapy’ Useful to a patient with pharmacological therapy. It has been shown to reduce relapse rates as measured by the need for hospitalization. GOALS AND TARGETED BEHAVIORS FOR SOCIAL SKILLS THERAPY.

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SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING

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  1. SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING

  2. SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING • ‘behavioral skills therapy’ • Useful to a patient with pharmacological therapy. • It has been shown to reduce relapse rates as measured by the need for hospitalization.

  3. GOALS AND TARGETED BEHAVIORS FOR SOCIAL SKILLS THERAPY

  4. Adapated with permission from Hogarty GE, Anderson CM Reiss dJ, et. al. Family pyschoeducation social skills training and maintenance chemotherapy. One-year effects of controlled study on relapse and expressed emotion. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1986;43-633

  5. VOCATIONAL THERAPY

  6. A variety of methods and settings are used to help patients regain old skills or develop new ones. These include: • Sheltered workshops • Job clubs • Part-time transitional employment

  7. Enabling patients to become employed is both a means toward, and sign of recovery. • Many schizophrenia patients are capable of performing high-quality work inspite of their illness. • Others may exhibit exceptional skills or even brilliance in a limited field as a result of some idiosyncratic aspect of their disorder.

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