Transportability and feasibility of Social Cognition And Interaction Training (SCIT) in community settings.
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BACKGROUND Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT) is a manual-based group intervention designed to improve social cognition in schizophrenia. Initial studies conducted by the developers of SCIT suggest that the intervention has promise in ameliorating social cognitive dysfunction in both inpatients and outpatients. AIMS The current study is a preliminary evaluation of SCIT in community samples. METHOD An uncontrolled, pre-post design was used in this initial feasibility study. A collaborative research-clinical approach was employed to enable research evaluation while also meeting the administrative goals of participating clinics, and working within the constraints of real-world clinical practice. Transportability, acceptability, and feasibility of SCIT were evaluated in terms of pre- and post-treatment evaluations, client attendance data (N = 50), and clinic administrators' decisions about whether to integrate SCIT into regular programming. Social-cognitive outcome measures assessed emotion perception, Theory of Mind, and attributional bias. RESULTS These support the transportability, acceptability, and feasibility of SCIT in community settings. SCIT has been integrated into routine practice at several test sites. Tentative support was found for improvement in emotion perception and Theory of Mind, but not attributional bias. CONCLUSIONS SCIT may be a promising intervention for community agencies serving individuals with psychotic disorders who seek to improve their social functioning.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy
دوره 38 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010