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Schizophrenia Bulletin Advance Access published online on August 2, 2006
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Recent Advances in Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia

Alex Kopelowicz 1 *, Robert Paul Liberman 1, and Roberto Zarate 1
1 David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Alex Kopelowicz, E-mail: akopel{at}ucla.edu


  Abstract

Social skills training consists of learning activities utilizing behavioral techniques that enable persons with schizophrenia and other disabling mental disorders to acquire interpersonal disease management and independent living skills for improved functioning in their communities. A large and growing body of research supports the efficacy and effectiveness of social skills training for schizophrenia. When the type and frequency of training is linked to the phase of the disorder, patients can learn and retain a wide variety of social and independent living skills. Generalization of the skills for use in everyday life occurs when patients are provided with opportunities, encouragement, and reinforcement for practicing the skills in relevant situations. Recent advances in skills training include special adaptations and applications for improved generalization of training into the community, short-term stays in psychiatric inpatient units, dually diagnosed substance abusing mentally ill, minority groups, amplifying supported employment, treatment refractory schizophrenia, older adults, overcoming cognitive deficits, and negative symptoms as well as the inclusion of social skills training as part of multidimensional treatment and rehabilitation programs.

Keywords: social skills training; psychiatric rehabilitation; psychosocial treatment; behavior therapy; cognitive remediation; generalization.
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