We report here our studies on the effects of group psychosocial therapy (PST) in adolescents with schizophrenia spectrum disorders on the dynamics of their social functioning using the PedsQL questionnaire and the Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS). Statistically significant improvements in the main indicators of adolescent social functioning at the end of the treatment cycle (three months) were obtained, while there were no significant differences between the study group (treatment with PST) and the reference group (without PST) in therapeutic dynamics on the PANSS, demonstrating the efficacy of group PST in the rehabilitation of adolescents with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Three subgroups of patients were identified in the study group, with different trends in social functioning depending on the type of course of the disorder.
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Translated from Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S. S. Korsakova, Vol. 113, No. 9, Iss. 1, pp. 54–58, September, 2013.
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Koren’, E.V., Stepunina, N.E. Effects of Group Psychosocial Therapy on the Functioning of Adolescents with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (pilot study). Neurosci Behav Physi 45, 26–31 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-014-0036-x
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