Of the ten patients attending the community space, six attend the sessions. The rest of the patients were not
integrated due to the implementation of individual rehabilitation projects ongoing. One of the patients quitted the
program. The final group was composed of five elements, aged between 30 and 65. A survey about the needs of the
patients with schizophrenia attending the community center was analyzed. The patients stressed the need of
knowledge about: the course of schizophrenia, the available rehabilitation resources and other general information
about mental illness including the obsessive compulsive disorder. A psychoeducational program with 8 sessions was
created, lasting 60-90 minutes. The sessions were conducted in weekly groups and implemented on a large living room
in the community therapeutic space