Integrated Psychological Therapy for Chronic Schizophrenia
Chronic Schizophrenia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Chronic Schizophrenia focused on measuring Chronic schizophrenia, Emotional Management Therapy, Integrated Psychological Therapy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Having ≥ 5 years since disease onset and aged between 25 and 65 years.
- Being in a stable phase of the illness and under psychopharmacological treatment.
- Having negative or attenuated positive symptoms.
- Failing to achieve premorbid functioning in terms of education, work and/or social life.
- Agreeing to participate in the study and giving written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1. Presenting organic brain pathology. 2. Presenting intellectual developmental disorder according to DSM-5 criteria.
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Study procedure
Treatment as usual
An experimental group the psychological treatment includes 50 sessions of integrated psychological therapy (IPT) (focused on attentional skills training, social perception skills training, verbal communication skills, social skills training, interpersonal problems solving skills) and 10 sessions of specific emotional management therapy (EMT), designed for this research and based on the contents developed by Hodel, Kern and Brenner.
The treatment as usual is pharmacological treatment and activities in a Day Care Center.