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Lloyd C, Waghorn G. The Importance of Vocation in Recovery for Young People with Psychiatric Disabilities. Br J Occup Ther 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/030802260707000202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Young people with psychiatric disabilities are particularly disadvantaged when it comes to participating in vocational training or higher education or to seeking and maintaining employment. A review of the literature reveals that this is due to a number of factors, including low expectations by health professionals, stigma and discrimination, symptomatology and the lack of a clear responsibility for promoting vocational and social outcomes. A useful approach for occupational therapists to use is a recovery framework combining evidence-based employment and educational assistance with mental health care, provided in parallel with brief vocational counselling, illness management skills, training in stigma countering and disclosure strategies, context-specific social skills and skills in social network development. It is concluded that there is an urgent need to link evidence-based vocational practices with quality mental health care, in order to restore hope among young people of ever realising their vocational goals and once again feeling included as valued members of society.
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Adamczyk P, Daren A, Sułecka A, Błądziński P, Cichocki Ł, Kalisz A, Gawęda Ł, Cechnicki A. Do better communication skills promote sheltered employment in schizophrenia? Schizophr Res 2016; 176:331-339. [PMID: 27546092 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Alongside various psychopathological symptoms and neurocognitive dysfunctions, communication skill impairments may be considered core feature of schizophrenia. Although many studies examined the relation between employment status and neurocognition in schizophrenia, we still know very little about the role of communication skills in vocational status among people with schizophrenia. The purpose of this study is to identify the most characteristic communication, neurocognitive and social cognition differences which separate the employed schizophrenia outpatients from those who do not work. The study included three groups: 33 schizophrenia outpatients employed in social firms, 29 unemployed schizophrenia outpatients participating in occupational therapy and sex & age matched 31 healthy controls. We assessed communication skills, global cognitive functioning, executive functions, memory, social cognition as well as severity of psychopathology. Our results indicate that the most characteristic differences between employed and unemployed schizophrenia outpatients are associated with selective language and communication skills, i.e. paralinguistic aspects of communication, understanding of discrete meaning of linguistic context and figurative meaning of language. We find no significant differences between both clinical groups with regard to neurocognition and social cognition. Moreover, unemployed group had more severe psychopathology than the employed group, so we re-analyzed results controlling for symptom severity. The only differences that endured were related to general communication skills and explanation of pictured metaphors, but only when controlling solely for positive or negative syndrome. In conclusion, the present study indicates that employment in schizophrenia is associated with better symptomatic remission and communication skills, but not with better neurocognition and social cognition.
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- Przemysław Adamczyk
- Department of Community Psychiatry, Chair of Psychiatry, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Psychosis Research and Psychotherapy Unit, Association for the Development of Psychiatry and Community Care, Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Community Psychiatry, Chair of Psychiatry, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Psychosis Research and Psychotherapy Unit, Association for the Development of Psychiatry and Community Care, Krakow, Poland
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- Psychosis Research and Psychotherapy Unit, Association for the Development of Psychiatry and Community Care, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Community Psychiatry, Chair of Psychiatry, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Community Psychiatry, Chair of Psychiatry, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Community Psychiatry, Chair of Psychiatry, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- II Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Community Psychiatry, Chair of Psychiatry, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Psychosis Research and Psychotherapy Unit, Association for the Development of Psychiatry and Community Care, Krakow, Poland
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The ability to effectively manage social interactions is key to achieving many life goals. A substantial amount of research has been conducted in rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation psychology that includes a consideration of some aspect of social effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to collect and synthesize the past 30 years of rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation psychology research addressing aspects of social effectiveness. A total of 13 terms (e.g., interpersonal skills, social competence, social functioning, and soft skills) were used to search six of the most prominent rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation psychology journals from the period January 1982 to May 2013. A total of 608 articles were identified as including at least one of the search terms, with 175 using a search term prominently and the other 433 only passively. Social skills, social functioning, and social competence were among the most frequently used search terms, accounting for almost 90% of all used terms. It was found that social effectiveness constructs were rarely defined and often used interchangeably. Twenty-nine interventions studies had been published in the 30-year period. Results reflect a substantial and useful body of literature in this area of research while also conveying an opportunity for the development of a more systematic, unified, and theory-driven approach to understanding and addressing aspects of social effectiveness.
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Williams PL, Lloyd C. A review of job tenure under the Job in Jeopardy programme in first episode psychosis. Br J Occup Ther 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0308022615625649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction This paper explores what happens to young people with psychosis who have competitive employment when they first engage in treatment. Method 11 of 39 (28%) of programme participants of an individual placement and support programme who received vocational assistance under the Job in Jeopardy funding were identified. A prospective observational design was used to evaluate programme outcomes over a minimum of 6 months. Results It is of interest that the majority of young people who were at risk of losing their job and were receiving assistance did not manage to sustain employment. At the completion of data collection only two people continued to be engaged in competitive employment. Conclusion Although the sample is very small, there appears to be a clear trend demonstrating that being engaged in competitive employment at the point of experiencing a first episode of psychosis does not protect an individual against losing that job. It is evident that staff involved with this group of clients need to assist those with employment to maintain it. There is the potential for occupational therapists to play a key role in assisting these young people to secure and maintain meaningful occupation.
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- Senior Research Officer, Recovery Services, Schizophrenia Fellowship of New South Wales, Gladesville, Australia; Honorary Senior Fellow, Illawarra Institute of Mental Health, University of Wollongong, Australia
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Ho AHY, Potash JS, Fong TCT, Ho VFL, Chen EYH, Lau RHW, Au Yeung FSW, Ho RTH. Psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Stigma Scale: examining the complex experience of stigma and its relationship with self-esteem and depression among people living with mental illness in Hong Kong. Compr Psychiatry 2015; 56:198-205. [PMID: 25284279 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Stigma of mental illness is a global public health concern, but there lacks a standardized and cross-culturally validated instrument for assessing the complex experience of stigma among people living with mental illness (PLMI) in the Chinese context. AIM This study examines the psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Stigma Scale (CSS), and explores the relationships between stigma, self-esteem and depression. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a community sample of 114 Chinese PLMI in Hong Kong. Participants completed the CSS, the Chinese Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, the Chinese Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Chinese Patient Health Questionnaire-9. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to identify the underlying factors of the CSS; concurrent validity assessment was performed via correlation analysis. RESULTS The original 28-item three-factor structure of the Stigma Scale was found to be a poor fit to the data, whereas a revised 14-item three-factor model provided a good fit with all 14 items loaded significantly onto the original factors: discrimination, disclosure and positive aspects of mental illness. The revised model also displayed moderate to good internal consistency and good construct validity. Further findings revealed that the total stigma scale score and all three of its subscale scores correlated negatively with self-esteem; but only total stigma, discrimination and disclosure correlated positively with depression. CONCLUSION The CSS is a short and user-friendly self-administrated questionnaire that proves valuable for understanding the multifaceted stigma experiences among PLMI as well as their impact on psychiatric recovery and community integration in Chinese communities.
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- Andy H Y Ho
- Division of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Art Therapy Program, The George WA University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Lok Hong Intergrated Community Centre for Mental Wellness, Tung Wah Group of Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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- The Providence Garden for Rehab, Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council, Hong Kong, China
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- Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Fung KMT, Tsang HWH, Cheung WM. Randomized controlled trial of the self-stigma reduction program among individuals with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res 2011; 189:208-14. [PMID: 21377738 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Revised: 02/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Research evidence suggests that individuals with schizophrenia are prone to self-stigmatization, which reduces their psychosocial treatment adherence. A self-stigma reduction program was developed based on a theoretical framework proposed by our team. The effectiveness of such program to reduce self-stigma, enhance readiness for change, and promote adherent behaviors among individuals with schizophrenia was investigated. This program consisted of 12 group and four individual follow-up sessions. An integrative approach including psychoeductaion, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, social skills training, and goal attainment program was adopted. Sixty-six self-stigmatized individuals with schizophrenia were recruited. They were randomly allocated to the self-stigma reduction program (N=34; experimental protocol) or the newspaper reading group (N=32; comparison protocol). Measures on participants' level of self-stigma, readiness for change, insight, general self-efficacy, and treatment adherence were taken for six assessment intervals. The findings suggested that the self-stigma reduction program has potential to reduce self-esteem decrement, promote readiness for changing own problematic behaviors, and enhance psychosocial treatment adherence among the self-stigmatized individuals with schizophrenia during the active interventional stage. However, there was a lack of therapeutic maintenance effects during the 6-month follow-up period. Recommendations for further improving the effectiveness of self-stigma reduction program are suggested.
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- Kelvin M T Fung
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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Vesterager L, Christensen TØ, Olsen BB, Krarup G, Forchhammer HB, Melau M, Gluud C, Nordentoft M. Cognitive training plus a comprehensive psychosocial programme (OPUS) versus the comprehensive psychosocial programme alone for patients with first-episode schizophrenia (the NEUROCOM trial): a study protocol for a centrally randomised, observer-blinded multi-centre clinical trial. Trials 2011; 12:35. [PMID: 21306612 PMCID: PMC3046899 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Up to 85% of patients with schizophrenia demonstrate cognitive dysfunction in at least one domain. Cognitive dysfunction plays a major role in functional outcome. It is hypothesized that addition of cognitive training to a comprehensive psychosocial programme (OPUS) enhances both cognitive and everyday functional capacity of patients more than the comprehensive psychosocial programme alone. Methods The NEUROCOM trial examines the effect on cognitive functioning and everyday functional capacity of patients with schizophrenia of a 16-week manualised programme of individual cognitive training integrated in a comprehensive psychosocial programme versus the comprehensive psychosocial programme alone. The cognitive training consists of four modules focusing on attention, executive functioning, learning, and memory. Cognitive training involves computer-assisted training tasks as well as practical everyday tasks and calendar training. It takes place twice a week, and every other week the patient and trainer engage in a dialogue on the patient's cognitive difficulties, motivational goals, and progress in competence level. Cognitive training relies on errorless learning principles, scaffolding, and verbalisation in its effort to improve cognitive abilities and teach patients how to apply compensation strategies as well as structured problem solving techniques. At 16-week post-training and at ten-months follow-up, assessments are conducted to investigate immediate outcome and possible long-term effects of cognitive training. We conduct blinded assessments of cognition, everyday functional capacity and associations with the labour market, symptom severity, and self-esteem. Discussion Results from four-month and ten-month follow-ups have the potential of reliably providing documentation of the long-term effect of CT for patients with schizophrenia. Trial Registration Clinicaltrials.gov NCT00472862.
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- Lone Vesterager
- Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, DK-2400, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Jin S, Tsang HW, Jiang Y, Fong MW, Corrigan PW. Comparing and Contrasting Employers' Concerns on People with Substance Abuse in Beijing, Hong Kong and Chicago. THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION COUNSELLING 2010. [DOI: 10.1375/jrc.16.1.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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AbstractThe study explored and compared employers' concerns on hiring individuals with substance abuse in Chinese and Western work settings. One hundred employers from Beijing (n = 30), Hong Kong (n = 30), and Chicago (n = 40) were randomly recruited from small-sized firms and interviewed using a semi-structured interview guideline. The interview considered the following aspects: backgrounds of employers, their business and employees, hiring process and considerations, and hiring concerns towards people with substance abuse. Data were analysed using frequency count approach. Employers' concerns on hiring individuals with substance abuse in Beijing and Hong Kong focused more on communication abilities. In contrast, employers in Chicago focused more on job performance and productivity.
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Waghorn G, Lloyd C, Clune A. Reviewing the Theory and Practice of Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Rehabilitation. Br J Occup Ther 2009. [DOI: 10.1177/030802260907200708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The delineation of evidence-based practices in supported employment for people with schizophrenia now represents a paradigm shift in the theory and practice of mental health rehabilitation. The principles and methods of traditional vocational rehabilitation and traditional mental health rehabilitation are giving way to evidence-based practices in supported employment, which are consistently proving two to three times more effective at producing competitive employment outcomes. These practices include close coordination with optimal forms of mental health treatment and care and highly individualised forms of intensive supported employment. There is a focus on the vocational services being provided, whereas the traditional and currently prevailing approach follows a more gradual and stepwise process with less of an individual focus, and where individual characteristics are considered important predictors of vocational rehabilitation success. This paradigm shift now challenges occupational therapists working in mental health rehabilitation to revise their theory and practice critically in order to support the implementation of evidence-based practices in supported employment for people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. This article discusses how occupational therapists can adapt to this paradigm shift and revitalise their theory and practice in mental health rehabilitation.
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- Geoff Waghorn
- Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Sumner Park BC, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Sumner Park BC, Queensland, Australia
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- University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Ng RMK, Pearson V, Lam M, Law CW, Chiu CPY, Chen EYH. What does recovery from schizophrenia mean? Perceptions of long-term patients. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2008; 54:118-30. [PMID: 18488406 DOI: 10.1177/0020764007084600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The study investigated the meaning of recovery to eight people with chronic schizophrenia. METHOD A qualitative methodology was used based on a 3-hour focus group. The material was transcribed and analysed into 18 subcategories and 4 categories; namely recovery as a multi-dimensional construct, the relationship of medication to recovery, a sense of hopelessness and helplessness about recovery, factors that promoted recovery. DISCUSSION Respondents believed that full recovery could not be said to have been achieved until they stopped medication and had a steady job. The support and care of family and friends were also vital, although sometimes problematic. Independent living has a different meaning in Chinese culture. CONCLUSIONS Further research directions are suggested as well as ways to change attitudes to the inclusion of medication in recovery.
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- Roger M K Ng
- Department of Psychiatry, Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
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Patterson TL, Leeuwenkamp OR. Adjunctive psychosocial therapies for the treatment of schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2008; 100:108-19. [PMID: 18226500 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.12.468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2007] [Revised: 12/04/2007] [Accepted: 12/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Antipsychotic pharmacotherapy is the standard of care for the treatment of schizophrenia. Although pharmacotherapy effectively improves some symptoms, others can remain. Pharmacotherapy alone also tends to produce only limited improvement in social functioning and quality of life. Supportive psychosocial therapies have been used as adjuncts to pharmacotherapy to help alleviate residual symptoms and to improve social functioning and quality of life. Additionally, therapies with psychoeducational components can focus on improving medication adherence and reducing relapse and rehospitalization. This review describes the major psychosocial therapeutic strategies that have been used effectively in patients with schizophrenia (cognitive-behavioral therapy, family intervention, social skills, and cognitive remediation), with emphasis on their utility in improving medication adherence. Therapies that integrate various psychosocial therapeutic approaches are also discussed. It is concluded that psychosocial therapy is an effective adjunct to pharmacotherapy for schizophrenia. However, these therapies vary significantly in the functional domains that they address. It is therefore important to identify the form of psychosocial intervention most likely to benefit the individual patient, and to recognize that the effectiveness of any psychosocial intervention could be influenced by such factors as the presence and severity of psychotic or affective symptoms or cognitive impairment.
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- Thomas L Patterson
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0680, United States.
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Cheung LCC, Tsang HWH. Factor structure of essential social skills to be salespersons in retail market: implications for psychiatric rehabilitation. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 2005; 36:265-80. [PMID: 16153388 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2004.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2003] [Revised: 06/16/2004] [Accepted: 08/05/2004] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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This study continued the effort to apply social skills training to increase vocational outcomes of people with severe mental illness. We planned to identify factor structure of essential social skills necessary for mental health consumers who have a vocational preference to work as salesperson in retail market. Exploratory factor analysis of the results of a 26-item questionnaire survey suggested a five-factor solution: social skills when interacting with customers, problem-solving skills, knowledge and attitudes, flexibility, and skills for conflict prevention, which accounted for 65.1% of the total variance. With the factor solution, we developed a job-specific social skills training program (JSST) to help consumers who want to be salespersons. The structure and session design followed the basic format of a typical social skills training program. The way this JSST is to be used with the work-related social skills training model previously developed by the corresponding author to produce better vocational outcomes of consumers is suggested.
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- Leo C C Cheung
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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Davalos DB, Compagnon N, Heinlein S, Ross RG. Neuropsychological deficits in children associated with increased familial risk for schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2004; 67:123-30. [PMID: 14984871 DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(03)00187-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2002] [Revised: 05/27/2003] [Accepted: 05/29/2003] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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By studying neuropsychological performance in children genetically at-risk for schizophrenia, greater understanding may be obtained regarding the developmental processes of schizophrenia and associated cognitive weaknesses. A variety of cognitive deficits in genetically at-risk children have been reported. The present study was designed to examine cognitive tasks that have traditionally differentiated children genetically at-risk for schizophrenia (e.g. working memory) from normal children, while also assessing abilities that have received scant attention in this population. Aspects of emotional perception, verbal abilities, inhibition, visuo-spatial skills, and working memory were assessed in children of schizophrenic parents and normal children. Significant differences in performances were identified in at-risk children on measures of verbal skills, working memory and inhibition. Findings suggest that children genetically at-risk for developing schizophrenia exhibit neurocognitive weaknesses generally consistent with those noted in the literature. However, inhibition also appeared to be a cognitive process that significantly differentiated the groups. The possibility of a developmental expression of neurocognitive deficits is discussed.
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- Deana B Davalos
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Tsang HWH, Chan F, Bond GR. Cultural Considerations for Adapting Psychiatric Rehabilitation Models in Hong Kong. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION 2004. [DOI: 10.1080/15487760490464988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Frieboes RM. [Sociotherapy in German social law. Indication, contents, and aspects of public health]. DER NERVENARZT 2003; 74:596-600. [PMID: 12861370 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-002-1459-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In German mental health services, the ill-defined term "sociotherapy" has been used to designate nonmedical, social, and work-related components of the care process. Recently, a new component of outpatient/community mental health care called "sociotherapy" (according to Paragraph 37a of the Fifth German Social Code) which is funded by the public health insurance system has been introduced and is now in the process of being implemented. The paper describes (a) patients eligible for the service and (b) the aims and scope of this case management module. The key objectives are to motivate patients with schizophrenia to utilise mental health services and antipsychotic medication and to liaise with psychosocial services. Therefore, sociotherapy is distinct from (a) multidisciplinary inpatient care for people with severe mental illness, (b) assertive community treatment, (c) community care provided by social workers or community psychiatric nurses, and (d) family interventions. So far there has been little evaluation of sociotherapy.
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Tsang HW, Tam PK, Chan F, Cheung W. Stigmatizing attitudes towards individuals with mental illness in Hong Kong: Implications for their recovery. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/jcop.10055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Tsang HWH, Tam PKC, Chan F, Cheung WM, Chang WM. Sources of burdens on families of individuals with mental illness. Int J Rehabil Res 2003; 26:123-30. [PMID: 12799606 DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200306000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Families of individuals with mental illness face a range of practical and emotional stresses. Studies that have addressed the sources of these burdens are limited. Literature suggests that burdens could come from the stigmatizing attitudes towards individuals with mental illness and inadequate public resources. Nevertheless, how public attitudes and availability of public resources have affected the burden on patients' families remains to be studied. This study set out to explore the relationship between stigma, accessibility of mental health facilities and family burden through individual interviews of patients' relatives in order to understand the burden on mentally ill patients' relatives from their perspectives. Ten interviewees from two out-patient psychiatric clinics were recruited and interviewed. Each interviewee had at least one family member receiving out-patient psychiatric services. Altogether 11 mentally ill patients were involved. Data analyses showed that much of the burden was related to stigma and to lack of mental health and rehabilitation services. Consequences included social isolation of the families, difficulties experienced by the mentally ill patients when trying to obtain competitive employment and financial difficulties. Subjective burden resulting from social stigma included frustration, anxiety, low self-esteem and helplessness. Implications of the findings to social policy and development of mental health services were discussed.
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- Hector W H Tsang
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
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Roe D. Progressing from patienthood to personhood across the multidimensional outcomes in schizophrenia and related disorders. J Nerv Ment Dis 2001; 189:691-9. [PMID: 11708670 DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200110000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The conceptualization of outcome in schizophrenia has been modified since Krapelin's dementia praecox and is now thought to be more heterogeneous and multidimensional. Qualitative research reveals a deeper and more complete understanding of the complex processes involved. This study investigates and describes the subjective experience of the multidimensional outcome of schizophrenia. The findings are based on bimonthly comprehensive assessments conducted over a 1-year period with 43 persons who were hospitalized for schizophrenia and related disorders. Results reveal ongoing person-environment interactions, which constitute the nonlinear progression from "patienthood" to 'personhood" across the multidimensional outcome domains of work, treatment, and social relationship. To facilitate this difficult process, it is essential to simultaneously help consumers develop their strengths and increase society's awareness and commitment to meet their unique needs.
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- D Roe
- School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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