Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Psychosocial rehabilitation for schizophrenia

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2013; 23: Supplement S29-S30
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Schizophrenia mostly causes the patients to have a disability and a poor quality of life. Besides the pharmacological treatments, psychosocial rehabilitation aims a continuous and well programmed healthcare for the chronic and disabled patients to teach how they live healthier and independently in the community with less help and to enhance their quality of life. All attempts to remove of the effect of disability due to the illness were appreciated at content of psychosocial rehabilitation. Psychosocial rehabilitation techniques that researches provide the strongest support for schizophrenia will be presented in this panel speech. These are: illness self-management, skills training, psycho-education for family members, case management, vocational rehabilitation, assertive community treatment, social supports, and sheltering.

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