TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of psychosocial treatments in management of schizophrenia
T2 - A meta- analytic review of controlled outcome studies
AU - Mojtabai, Ramin
AU - Nicholson, Robert A.
AU - Carpenter, Bruce N.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - This meta-analytic review sought to answer questions concerning the role of psychosocial treatments in the comprehensive management of patients with schizophrenia. The review focused on the effects of combining psychosocial treatment with somatic treatment. Findings demonstrated the additive and supplementary effects of psychosocial treatments and the durability of these effects. Patients with more chronic illness appeared to be more responsive to psychosocial treatments, as were patients in studies conducted in non- Western countries. Among the Western countries, studies from Scandinavian countries reported the least effectiveness for psychosocial treatments. There was some evidence for differential effect of psychosocial treatments on different dimensions of illness as the measures of disorganized behavior and employment showed little difference in treated and control groups. There was also some evidence for differences between different modalities of treatment as group treatments produced smaller effects. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
AB - This meta-analytic review sought to answer questions concerning the role of psychosocial treatments in the comprehensive management of patients with schizophrenia. The review focused on the effects of combining psychosocial treatment with somatic treatment. Findings demonstrated the additive and supplementary effects of psychosocial treatments and the durability of these effects. Patients with more chronic illness appeared to be more responsive to psychosocial treatments, as were patients in studies conducted in non- Western countries. Among the Western countries, studies from Scandinavian countries reported the least effectiveness for psychosocial treatments. There was some evidence for differential effect of psychosocial treatments on different dimensions of illness as the measures of disorganized behavior and employment showed little difference in treated and control groups. There was also some evidence for differences between different modalities of treatment as group treatments produced smaller effects. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.
KW - Combination treatment
KW - Psychosocial treatment
KW - Psychotherapy
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033350
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033350
M3 - Article
C2 - 9853790
AN - SCOPUS:0031757857
SN - 0586-7614
VL - 24
SP - 569
EP - 587
JO - Schizophrenia Bulletin
JF - Schizophrenia Bulletin
IS - 4
ER -