Independent and Social Living Skills Training for People with Schizophrenia in Iran: a Randomized Controlled Trial

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Schizophrenia is responsible for a significant proportion of burden of mental diseases in Iran. Lack of a follow-up system has resulted in the repeated hospitalizations. In this study it is hypothesized that standardized living skills training delivered to participants with schizophrenia in outpatient and inpatient centers can be effective compared to a control group [with occupational therapy] in reducing psychopathology severity and increasing quality of life.