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Cognitive Behavior Social Skills Training Shows Promise as Supplement to Schizophrenia Treatment

(Great Neck, NY - ) — The American Journal of Psychiatry recently published the results of a trial study conducted by Eric Granholm, Ph.D. Department of Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System (NARSAD 1995 Young Investigator). Dr. Granholm and his team found that middle-aged and older patients with schizophrenia benefited when cognitive behavioral social skills training was added to their typical treatments.

�Cognitive behavioral social skills training teaches cognitive and behavioral coping techniques, social functioning skills, problem solving, and compensatory aids for neurocognitive impairments,� writes Dr. Granholm, �Whereas cognitive behavior therapy [CBT] focuses on how beliefs affect behavior and mood, social skills training focuses on practicing pragmatic skills of living.�

Of the patients studied, the group that received cognitive behavioral social skills training learned coping skills, gained more objective cognitive insight, and experienced improved social functioning.

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