Supported Employment and Skills Training in Conjunction With Pharmacotherapy in Schizophrenia Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will compare employment support with behavioral skills training to employment support alone in schizophrenia patients taking either risperidone or olanzapine to determine which is more effective in helping the patients maintain a job.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
• Collaborators: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); US Department of Veterans Affairs; VA Office of Research and Development
• Treatments: Olanzapine; Risperidone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of schizophrenia

• Candidate for maintenance schizophrenia treatment

• Willing to initiate and continue risperidone or olanzapine therapy for the duration of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any serious medical problems other than schizophrenia that would interfere with the study