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Social outcomes in schizophrenia.

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  • 1Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Newham Centre for Mental Health, London, UK. S.Priebe@qmul.ac.uk

The British Journal of Psychiatry. Supplement
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Summary

Social outcomes are crucial for schizophrenia treatment. While instruments exist to measure quality of life and social functioning, understanding their strengths and limitations is key.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Social Science
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Social outcomes are vital in schizophrenia treatment.
  • Defining and modeling social outcomes remains challenging.
  • Distinguishing objective and subjective indicators is critical.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review concepts of social outcomes in schizophrenia.
  • To examine corresponding assessment instruments.

Main Methods:

  • Non-systematic literature review.
  • Conceptual and methodological analysis.

Main Results:

  • Social outcome concepts lack agreed definitions and theoretical models.
  • Subjective indicators are more researched but weakly correlated with objective situations.

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    • Established instruments can measure social outcomes in schizophrenia.
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