Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 10-3

What are the psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia?

-Psychoeducation

-Cognitive Behavioral therapy

Psychosocial strategies are used in addition to pharmacological treatment as adjunctive interventions

True

What is the psychosocial treatment, psychoeducation?

a process that educates patients and family members

What are the key points for the psychosocial treatment, psychoeducation?

–Reduce family members’ distress

–Allow clinicians to increase the effectiveness of their work with the patient and caregiver

What is cognitive behavioral therapy?

to reduce or eliminate psychotic symptoms

What are the key points for cognitive behavioral therapy?

–Psychoeducation about psychosis

–Exploration of individual beliefs about psychosis

–Education in using coping strategies to deal with the symptoms

–Improving self-esteem

What are other psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia Part 3?

-Social cognition treatment

•Changing attributional biases

•Emotional perception

•Social perception

•Theory of mind

•Facial affect recognition

•Use of video instruction, role playing, and practice exercises

What does training in social perception skills often use?

Training in social perception skills often uses faces portraying different emotions to teach people with schizophrenia to understand emotional expressions.

What are other psychosocial treatments part 4?

-social skills training

-supported employment

-comprehensive integrated care

What are the key points for social skills training according to the psychosocial treatment?

•Nonverbal skills (eye contact, vocal tone, voice volume)

•Verbal skills (initiating and maintaining conversations, expressing feelings, acting assertively)

What is supported employment in the treatment of psychosocial treatment?

•Psychosocial intervention that provides job skills

What are the four components of the psychosocial treatment of comprehensive integrated care?

-to navigate

-personalized medication management

-family psychoeducation

-individualized resilience-focused illness self-management therapy

-supported education and employment