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Social Cognition and Interaction Training: Preliminary Results of an RCT in a Community Setting in Israel

Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon, Ph.D., Michal Mashiach-Eizenberg, Ph.D., Moran Avidan, Ph.D., David L. Roberts, Ph.D., and David Roe, Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 65, Number 4
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300146
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Abstract

Objective

Social cognition and interaction training (SCIT) has shown promise in improving consumers’ social cognition and functioning, in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This randomized controlled trial examined the effectiveness of SCIT among persons with serious mental illness living in community settings in Israel.

Methods

Fifty-five participants in social-mentoring services were assigned randomly to SCIT with social mentoring or to social mentoring only. Emotion recognition, theory of mind, attributional bias, and social functioning were assessed at baseline (February 2010) and about six months later, upon completion of the intervention.

Results

Interactions between time of measurement and group were significant for theory of mind and social engagement. Emotion recognition by the SCIT group improved significantly, but the time × group interaction for this variable was not significant.

Conclusions

This study provides preliminary evidence that SCIT plus social mentoring improves social cognition and functioning among persons with severe mental illness who are living in the community.

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Cover: Marooned, by Howard Pyle, 1909. Oil on canvas. Delaware Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1912.

Psychiatric Services
Volume 65 • Number 4 • April 2014
Pages: 555 - 558
PubMed: 24687108

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Published in print: April 2014
Published online: 15 October 2014

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Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon, Ph.D.
Dr. Hasson-Ohayon and Dr. Avidan are with the Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (e-mail: [email protected]). Dr. Mashiach-Eizenberg is with the Department of Health System Management, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel. Dr. Roberts is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Dr. Roe is with the Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Israel.
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Michal Mashiach-Eizenberg, Ph.D.
Dr. Hasson-Ohayon and Dr. Avidan are with the Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (e-mail: [email protected]). Dr. Mashiach-Eizenberg is with the Department of Health System Management, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel. Dr. Roberts is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Dr. Roe is with the Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Israel.
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Moran Avidan, Ph.D.
Dr. Hasson-Ohayon and Dr. Avidan are with the Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (e-mail: [email protected]). Dr. Mashiach-Eizenberg is with the Department of Health System Management, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel. Dr. Roberts is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Dr. Roe is with the Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Israel.
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David L. Roberts, Ph.D.
Dr. Hasson-Ohayon and Dr. Avidan are with the Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (e-mail: [email protected]). Dr. Mashiach-Eizenberg is with the Department of Health System Management, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel. Dr. Roberts is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Dr. Roe is with the Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Israel.
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David Roe, Ph.D.
Dr. Hasson-Ohayon and Dr. Avidan are with the Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (e-mail: [email protected]). Dr. Mashiach-Eizenberg is with the Department of Health System Management, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel. Dr. Roberts is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Dr. Roe is with the Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Israel.
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