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Evidence-Based Psychosocial Intervention for Schizophrenia: Many a Barrier Between the Bench and the Bedside

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Abstract

Recovery-oriented services for individuals with schizophrenia make it imperative that psychosocial interventions are provided alongside pharmacotherapy. There are a number of psychosocial interventions, which have their efficacy shown through randomized controlled trials (RCTs). A number of issues make it hard to draw inferences from RCTs for day-to-day clinical practice especially from the point of view of resource-poor settings. This paper discusses these issues and suggests a few alternatives to RCTs

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    Jagadisha Thirthalli

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Thirthalli, J. Evidence-Based Psychosocial Intervention for Schizophrenia: Many a Barrier Between the Bench and the Bedside. J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health 3, 27–30 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40737-016-0052-y

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