Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training for Improving Social Functioning in People With Schizophrenia

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Conditions studied: Schizophrenia

In brief

This study evaluated the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training versus goal-focused supportive contact in improving social functioning in people with schizophrenia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00338975

Run by

Veterans Medical Research Foundation

People needed

179

Starts

2005-06-01

Expected to finish

2011-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder at any stage of illness

You may not qualify if…

• Level of care required at baseline interferes with outpatient group therapy participation (e.g., partial or inpatient hospitalization for psychiatric illness, substance use, or physical illness)
• No case manager or care coordinator
• Medically or psychiatrically unstable for outpatient therapy
• Exposure to social skills training (SST), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), or dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) within 5 years prior to study entry

Where it is running

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

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