title: Psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia.
abstract: The current state of the literature regarding psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia is reviewed within the frameworks of the recovery model of mental health and the expanded stress-vulnerability model. Interventions targeting specific domains of functioning, age groups, stages of illness, and human service system gaps are classified as evidence-based practices or promising practices according to the extent to which their efficacy is currently supported by meta-analyses and individual randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Evidence-based practices include assertive community treatment (ACT), cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for psychosis, cognitive remediation, family psychoeducation, illness self-management training, social skills training, and supported employment. Promising practices include cognitive adaptive therapy, CBT for posttraumatic stress disorder, first-episode psychosis intervention, healthy lifestyle interventions, integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders, interventions targeting older individuals, peer support services, physical disease management, prodromal stage intervention, social cognition training, supported education, and supported housing. Implications and future directions are discussed.
authors: Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. mueser@bu.edu
authors: Kim T
authors: KT
authors: Mueser
authors: Frances
authors: F
authors: Deavers
authors: David L
authors: DL
authors: Penn
authors: Jeffrey E
authors: JE
authors: Cassisi
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology