Abstract: Schizophrenia is a disabling psychiatric illness associated with disruptions in cognition,
emotion, and psychosocial and occupational functioning. Increasing evidence shows
that psychosocial interventions for people with schizophrenia, as an adjunct to medications
or usual psychiatric care, can reduce psychotic symptoms and relapse and improve patients’
long-term outcomes such as recovery, remission, and illness progression. This critical review
of the literature was conducted to identify the common approaches to psychosocial interventions
for people with schizophrenia. Treatment planning and outcomes were also explored and
discussed to better understand the effects of these interventions in terms of person-focused
perspectives such as their perceived quality of life and satisfaction and their acceptability
and adherence to treatments or services received.