ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin open2023
Cognitive-Behavioral Social Skills Training: Outcome of a Randomized Controlled Trial for Youth at Risk of Psychosis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Early interventions for first onset of symptoms of mental health conditions: an umbrella review of systematic reviews.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Preventing psychosis in people at clinical high risk: an updated meta-analysis by the World Psychiatric Association Preventive Psychiatry section.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Review: Efficacy of preventative interventions for children and adolescents at clinical high risk of psychosis - a systematic review and meta-analysis of intervention studies.Child and adolescent mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Do Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Interventions Lead to Schema Change in People With Psychosis? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyPooled it
- Social Functioning Interventions in Psychosis: A Systematic Review.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyPooled it
- Measuring Social and Role Recovery: Barbara Cornblatt and Colleagues' Global Functioning Scales and Their Role in Psychosocial Interventions for Clinical High-Risk and Early Psychosis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Article
- The Staging Model in Psychosis and Preventive Interventions: An Emerging Field With Debates on Conceptual Models and Interpretation of the Evidence Base.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Interview Versus Performance Assessment of Cognition as Predictors of Real-World Outcomes in a Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study in Schizophrenia.Schizophrenia bulletin open · 2024Article
- Persistent negative symptoms in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis: A longitudinal study.Schizophrenia research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Aim: Difficulties in social functioning have been observed in youth at clinical high-risk (CHR) of psychosis even in those who do not go on to develop a psychotic illness. Few treatment studies have attempted to improve social functioning in this population. The aim of this study was to conduct a randomized trial comparing the effects of Cognitive-Behavioral Social Skills Training (CBSST) with a supportive therapy (ST). Methods: Both CBSST and ST were weekly group therapies, delivered over 18 weeks. This was a 2-arm trial with single-blinded ratings and intention-to-treat analyses. Assessments occurred at baseline, end-of-treatment, and 12 months after the baseline assessment. The primary outcome was social and role functioning and defeatist performance attitudes were the secondary outcome. Attenuated positive and negative symptoms, anxiety, depression, self-efficacy, and beliefs about self and others were examined as exploratory outcomes. Results: There were no significant differences between the 2 groups at baseline or either of the 2 follow-ups. However, at follow-ups, in each group there were significant improvements in clinical symptoms. These could not be attributed to group treatment since there was no control or wait-list group. Conclusions: Since poor social functioning is one of the most observed difficulties in CHR individuals, and a decline in social functioning may be a significant predictor of later transition to psychosis, future work will be needed to find effective treatments for this decline in functioning for CHR youth.
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