Effects of Brief Symptom Management Module on Inpatients with Chronic Schizophrenia: A Preliminary Study / 신경정신의학
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
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: 72-80, 2001.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-85890
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this study was to examine whether Symptom Management Module-Korean Brief Version(SMM-B) is effective as a psychosocial treatment of the inpatients with chronic schizophrenia. We also questioned which of demographic and clinical characteristics could be predictors of differential treatment response.METHODS:
The subjects were composed of 30 inpatients with chronic schizophrenia, who were trained with weekly session of SMM-B for 5 weeks. Before and after the training, the level of psychopathology, knowledge about schizophrenia were assessed as dependent variables by using Clinical Global Impression(CGI) and Scale to Assess Unawareness of Mental Disorder(SUMD).RESULTS:
Overall, patients showed improvement over the treatment period on psychopathology as well as knowledge about psychosis. Total scores of SUMD were changed from 16.9+/-4.0 before training to 12.9+/-4.2 after training(p<0.01) and scores of CGI were improved from 3.7+/-0.9 to 2.8+/-0.8 (p<0.01). However age, gender, years of education, age of onset, duration of illness, duration of admission, numbers of psychiatric admission, and clinical status evaluated by CGI were not correlated with un-awareness of psychosis.CONCLUSION:
These results suggest that SMM-B could be a reliable method to improve self-awareness of psychosis in patients with chronic schizophrenia and one of important elements in rehabilitation.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Psychopathology
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Psychotic Disorders
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Rehabilitation
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Schizophrenia
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Age of Onset
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Education
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Inpatients
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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