In:
Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Wiley, Vol. 15, No. 1 ( 2021-02), p. 206-212
Abstract:
Comprehensive social cognition training programs have been effective to improve social cognition in people with chronic schizophrenia, although there is insufficient quality evidence for recent‐onset psychosis. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT) in a sample of recent‐onset schizophrenia outpatients. Sixteen participants who had their first psychotic episode for less than 2 years were randomly allocated to the SCIT group during 20 weeks (weekly sessions) or to a psychoeducation group and completed baseline and post‐training assessment for cognitive biases, social cognition, clinical symptoms and functioning. Permutation‐based analysis revealed improvements in overall functioning ( P = 0.036) and blame score ( P = 0.070) in the SCIT group compared to the psychoeducation intervention, with large effect sizes ( d = 1.438 and d = 1.204, respectively). There were also large effect sizes for hostility, emotion recognition, social perception, positive and total symptoms ( d = 0.833‐1.158). These results suggest that SCIT may be an effective tool to improve attributional biases and functional outcomes in recent‐onset schizophrenia outpatients. Future controlled trials with larger sample size and follow‐up assessments should be developed to further understand effective intervention outcomes for this population.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1751-7885
,
1751-7893
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2272425-4
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