Changing helplessness to coping: an exploratory study of social skills training with individuals with long-term mental illness
✍ Scribed by Sisko Salo-Chydenius
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 87 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0966-7903
- DOI
- 10.1002/oti.35
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✦ Synopsis
The primary purpose of this study was to apply an occupational therapy programme for social skills training based on a cognitive-behavioural frame of reference to individuals with long-term mental illness. The goal of the social skills training group was to enable patients to develop verbal and non-verbal communication skills that could be generalised to everyday interpersonal encounters. A case example of the application of social skills training with a 38-year-old single male with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia is described. The Group-Interaction Skills Survey developed by the author served as an outcome measure. Qualitative data confirmed the researcher's hypothesis that individuals with long-term mental illness can benefit from social skills training using a combination of role-playing, sociodrama, videotape recordings and creative media.