SA120. Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementing Cognitive–Behavioral Social Skills Training on Assertive Community Treatment Teams

P91: Effect of Group Assertive Training on Social Anxiety, Social Skills and Academic Performance of High School Students

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of group assertive training on social anxiety, social skills and academic performance of high school adolescents in Isfahan city. The sample includes 60 students selected by random multistage sampling method. They were randomly divided into experiment and control groups. Participants in this study completed a battery of scales including Watso...

Nurses and assertive community treatment teams: a critical combination.

Enhancing assertive community treatment with cognitive behavioral social skills training for schizophrenia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND Schizophrenia leads to profound disability in everyday functioning (e.g., difficulty finding and maintaining employment, housing, and personal relationships). Medications can effectively reduce positive symptoms (e.g., hallucinations and delusions), but they do not meaningfully improve daily life functioning. Psychosocial evidence-based practices (EBPs) improve functioning, but these...

A Community Based Treatment: Impact of Social Skills Training Program on Improving Social Skills among Schizophrenic Patients

One of the hallmarks of schizophrenia is impairment in social functioning. A large body of research supports the effectiveness of social skills training in integrating the schizophrenic patients into the community. So, we aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a constructed social skills training program on improving social skills among schizophrenic patients. The study was based on a contro...

Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementing Menu Labeling in a Cafeteria Setting.

OBJECTIVES Mandatory and voluntary menu-labeling policies are increasingly common to support informed food choices among consumers. This study sought to examine stakeholder perspectives of developing, implementing, and maintaining a voluntary menu-labeling program in a hospital cafeteria setting. METHODS Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 9 key cafeteria stakeholders. ...