Effects of phenothiazines and social skills training in a withdrawn schizophrenic.
The effects of phenothiazines and social skills training on a severely withdrawn schizophrenic were examined. Regulation of phenothiazine levels had the result that the patient became more receptive to behavioral interventions. Specific application of a token economy program effected a marked improvement in the assertive training was employed to improve the patient's repertoire of ininterpersonal responses. Prior to actual hospital discharge the patient was faded back into his natural environment during a job retraining phase at Goodwill Industries. Specific data on the patient's improved social functioning are presented in a multiple baseline analysis. Follow-up data document the patient's successful adaptation of his natural enviroment.
D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001590:Benztropine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005246:Feedback; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D010546:Perphenazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D012718:Set, Psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D014040:Token Economy; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014326:Tropanes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014705:Verbal Behavior
D014326:Tropanes; D001590:Benztropine; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D010546:Perphenazine; D002746:Chlorpromazine