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A preliminary report on the effect of a psychosocial and educative rehabilitation programme on quality of life and symptomatology in schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

S Browne ,
M Roe ,
A Lane ,
M Gervin ,
M Morris ,
A Kinsella ,
C Larkin  and
E O'Callaghan
S Browne
Affiliation:
The Theodore and Vada Stanley Research Unit for Serious Mental Illness, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
M Roe
Affiliation:
The Theodore and Vada Stanley Research Unit for Serious Mental Illness, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
A Lane
Affiliation:
The Theodore and Vada Stanley Research Unit for Serious Mental Illness, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
M Gervin
Affiliation:
The Theodore and Vada Stanley Research Unit for Serious Mental Illness, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
M Morris
Affiliation:
The Theodore and Vada Stanley Research Unit for Serious Mental Illness, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
A Kinsella
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
C Larkin
Affiliation:
The Theodore and Vada Stanley Research Unit for Serious Mental Illness, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
E O'Callaghan*
Affiliation:
The Theodore and Vada Stanley Research Unit for Serious Mental Illness, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
*
*Correspondence and reprints.
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Summary

Individuals with schizophrenia who participated in a psychosocial and educative rehabilitation programme showed a 46% improvement in quality of life in the absence of any significant change in symptom severity. In contrast, there was no significant change in quality of life for individuals who continued with supportive rehabilitation. Our preliminary findings highlight the ‘quality of life’ benefits of psychosocial and educative rehabilitation for individuals with schizophrenia who are clinically stable and living in the community.

Keywords

schizophreniarehabilitationquality of lifepositive and negative symptoms
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Original articles
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European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 8 , 1996 , pp. 386 - 389
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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