R. THARA, D.P.M., Ph.D., Director, Schizophrenia Research Foundation, R/7A, North Main Road, Anna Nagar West (Exten.), Chennai - 600 101.
Indian J Psychiatry. 1998 Oct;40(4):331-7.
This study describes the profile and nature of social disabilities in schizophrenia and the effect of intervention on them. Sixty five schizophrenic patients who constituted the experimental group were compared with sixty patients from a different centre. They were evaluated at intake for negative symptoms, social disabilities and psychological impairments. One group was provided with medication alone and the other was exposed to an intervention programme comprising of social skills training, family education, occupational therapy and medication management training, etc. After one year, both the groups were evaluated on the same parameters. It was found that both groups showed decline in some negative symptoms and improvement in certain disabilities. Issues such as duration of intervention, components of intervention and role of psychosocial rehabilitation are discussed.
本研究描述了精神分裂症患者的社会残疾特征和性质，以及干预对其的影响。实验组由 65 名精神分裂症患者组成，与来自另一个中心的 60 名患者进行了比较。他们在入组时接受了阴性症状、社会残疾和心理障碍的评估。一组仅接受药物治疗，另一组则接受包括社交技能训练、家庭教育、职业治疗和药物管理培训等内容的干预计划。一年后，两组均根据相同参数进行评估。结果发现，两组的某些阴性症状都有所减轻，某些残疾程度有所改善。本文讨论了干预的持续时间、干预内容以及心理康复的作用等问题。
