Trial and Follow-up of the Efficacy of Two-stage Integrated Treatment for Chinese Schizophrenia Inpatients
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
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Summary
Regular psychosocial intervention combined with antipsychotic drugs, compared with usual
medication alone treatments, can reduce psychiatric symptoms and improve quality of life in
patients with schizophrenia. However, it's expensive, time-consuming, and sometimes
inconvenient for patients and their family members in developing areas where the number of
well-trained therapist remains limited in local psychiatric settings. The investigators aimed
to establish an efficient model of integrated treatment (IT) for patients with schizophrenia.
The procedure contains two stages: a centralized treatment during hospitalization and the
following consolidation treatments with long intervals.