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Piotr J Quee1, Harald Schneider, Saskia van Slogteren
1Department of Psychiatry and Rob Giel Research Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands ; Department of Rehabilitation, Lentis Center for Mental Health, P.O. Box 128, 9470 AC Zuidlaren, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Cognitive adaptation training (CAT) improves functional outcome in outpatients with schizophrenia living in the United States of America. The efficacy of CAT has never been demonstrated for patients living in a residential facility. We describe how CAT was delivered to two chronically hospitalized patients with schizophrenia living in The Netherlands. CAT was delivered for 8 months, and consisted of weekly home visits by a psychiatric nurse. Both patients improved on measures of functional outcome used in the US studies. These results indicate that CAT may improve outcomes, even in patients that have been hospitalized for several years.
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