[Treatment of communication disorders in the schizophrenic. Experience at the Brentwood VA Hospital in California].

The author relates a one-year research experience on "social skills training" behavior therapies applied to DSM-III schizophrenic patients. Besides role playing, positive reinforcement and generalization, a cognitive approach to attention and information processing deficits is described using modelling and videotape material. The objective is an intensive teaching of necessary skills for independent living.