Social skills: group psychotherapy with chronic schizophrenic patients

• Autor: Rojas, Roberto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1995
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/7361
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/7361
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Schizophrenia; psychosocial rehabilitarion; social skills; esquizofrenia crónica; rehabilitación psico-social; habilidades sociales

The study confirms the importance of R.P. Liberman's Group training in social skills for schizophrenic patients and applied in Peru by Sotillo et al. (1991) in a public mental health institution. We applied this same experience in a private psychiatric clinic of Lima. Since the management of patients in public and private institutions are different, we carried out a study to train the staff and to adapt the program. Nine in patients with DSM III-R diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia were selected. The inclusion criteria were: basic behaviors, minimal speech repertoire and no positive symptoms. Twenty-seven behaviors, grouped in 4 areas, were assessed before and after training. Results reveal an increase in the number of social skills in 8 of the 9 sujects that participated in the study.