Functional Rehabilitation of Older Patients With Schizophrenia

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Psychotic Disorders, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia

In brief

The primary purpose of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of a group therapy intervention, cognitive behavioral social skills training (CBSST), that teaches social functioning skills and cognitive-behavioral compensatory aids to older patients with schizophrenia. CBSST, therefore, targets the multidimensional deficits that lead to disability in aging veterans with severe mental illness.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00237796

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

116

Starts

2005-02-01

Expected to finish

2009-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-06

Who can join

Age: 45 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 45 years of age and older
• DSM-IV diagnosis of Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder
• Fluent in speaking, reading, and writing English
• Physically and psychiatrically stable enough to undergo various assessments in this study

You may not qualify if…

• Has not received Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Social Skills Training (SST) or Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in the past 5 years

Where it is running

• VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States

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