title: [Social skills training in severe mental illness].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report about several approaches of social skills training and to evaluate the efficacy and key success factors in severely mentally ill adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic electronic literature search for systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and assessment of the evidence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A variety of models for skills training have been designed and evaluated. In addition to the "basic" model and a "problem-solving" model of training there are complex programs consisting of several modules and specific approaches aimed to improve cognitive functioning or job related skills. Across all approaches, social skills training shows advantages in terms of raised social competence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Social skills training should be offered as a targeted treatment taking into account individual patient characteristics, impairments and needs. It is essential to deliver skills training within a comprehensive care concept combined with other elements focusing on generalization into the community setting.
authors.affiliation: Universität Leipzig, Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP).
authors.forename: Uta
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gühne
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Berlin.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weinmann
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie II der Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie II der Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: Universität Leipzig, Institut für Sozialmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin und Public Health (ISAP).
authors.forename: Steffi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riedel-Heller
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012917:Social Adjustment; D066107:Social Skills; D014163:Transfer, Psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome