Objective: The number of older patients
with chronic schizophrenia is increasing.
There is a need for empirically validated
psychotherapy interventions for these patients.
Cognitive behavioral social skills
training teaches cognitive and behavioral
coping techniques, social functioning
skills, problem solving, and compensatory
aids for neurocognitive impairments.
The authors compared treatment as
usual with the combination of treatment
as usual plus cognitive behavioral social
skills training.