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Effect of social skills training groups and social skills bibliotherapy with psychiatric patients.

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This article is published in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.The article was published on 1979-02-01. It has received 47 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Skills management & Social skills.

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Social support interventions: do they work?

TL;DR: In this article, 100 studies that evaluated the efficacy of social support interventions were located using a computerized search strategy, and studies were subdivided into (1) group vs. individual interventions, (2) professionally led vs. peer-provided treatment, and (3) interventions where an increase of network size or perceived support was the primary target vs. those where building social skills (to facilitate support creation) was the focus.
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A meta-analysis of bibliotherapy studies

TL;DR: Overall, the amount of therapist contact during bibliotherapy did not seem to relate to effectiveness, but there was evidence that certain problem types responded better with increased therapist contact.
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The Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Historical, Conceptual, and Research Base

TL;DR: The field of psychiatric rehabilitation has progressed to the stage where its history can be traced; its conceptual base and treatment strategies described; its practice observed, monitored, and replicated; and its future growth anchored in a research foundation.
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Why is self-help neglected in the treatment of emotional disorders? A meta-analysis

TL;DR: Bibliotherapy for clinically significant emotional disorders is more effective than waiting list or no treatment conditions and the dearth of studies on self- help groups for emotional disorders does not permit an evidence-based conclusion concerning the effects of self-help groups.
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The prediction of outcome in schizophrenia. I. Characteristics of outcome.

TL;DR: Evaluation of predictors, diagnostic criteria, and outcome characteristics in 111 psychiatric admissions indicates that outcome is a complex phenomenon, and that the ability of a diagnosis to predict a specific outcome has often been overstated.
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Development and evaluation of an interpersonal skill-training program for psychiatric inpatients.

TL;DR: A behavioral-analytic method for assessing competence is used to develop an interpersonal skills-training program for the treat- ment of male psychiatric inpatients, along with an associated measurement model.
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