Effect of cognitive therapy on stigma in patients with schizophrenia during recovery period
CAO Lei1,ZHANG Ying1,ZHOU Lei1,LIU Baichuan2, LI Dehui1
1. Department of Mental Health Division, 2. Medical Department,Jilin Provincal Corps Hospital,Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces,Changchun 130052,China
Abstract：Objective Using cognitive therapy to observe the effects on the recovery of stigma in patients with schizophrenia. Methods 65 patients with schizophrenia were randomly divided into study group (33 cases) and control group (32 cases):the study group used medicine combined with cognitive therapy;the control group was treated only with drugs. They all were rated with mental disease assessment scale (psychopath stigma scale). Results After 8 weeks’treatment,in the study group, social factors, ability factor and stigma scores were significantly improved compared with the control group,the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). In the study group, social factor,ability factor,therapeutic factor and stigma scores were significantly higher than those before treatment (P<0.05), while in the control group, for each factor and stigma scores compared before and after the treatment, only theraheufic factor significantly improved (P<0.05). Conclusions Cognitive therapy can reduce the stigma in convalescent patients with schizophrenia,is also beneficial to improve the ability to adapt the sick soldiers to army life,improve compliance to treatment,to develop the quality of life,has some certain value for promoting disease rehabilitation.
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