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International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience | ISSN: 1522-4821 | Volume: 20
July 25-26, 2018 | Vancouver, Canada
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing
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World Congress on
Mental Health and Wellbeing
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Comparison of the effect of community re-entry program(CRP) and conventional psychotherapy programs
on symptoms severity and communication and interaction skills of persons with severe mental disorders
Farkhondeh Jamshidi
1
and
Seyed Ali Hosseini
2
1
University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
2
University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
D
eficits in social and living skills of chronic mental patients and the unsatisfactoriness of current drug, provide a strong rationale
for developing new interventions.Community Re-Entry Program is one of the programs related to social and independent
living skills that provides patients with chronic mental disorders with some information and skills. The aim of the present study
was to compared symptoms severity and communication and interaction skills of outpatients with severe mental disorders after the
Community Re-entry and conventional Psychotherapy programs. Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: This study was a quasi-
experimental design with pre-test, post-test. To this end, 40 patients with severe mental disorders (schizophrenia and mood disorder)
referring to daily rehabilitation centers of Hamadan and using simple randomization divided into an Community Reentry Program
(N=20) and a Conventional Psychotherapy Programs (N=20) group. The community rehabilitation program group received in 16
60-90-minute educational sessions held
Twice a week for two months:
The conventional Psychotherapy group were used from psychotherapy and occupational therapy. Both
groups were evaluated using Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills (ACIS) questionnaire and positive and negative
symptom scales (PANSS) before and after the intervention. To analyze of Mean difference in the two groups, were used fromUMann-
Witny test. Findings: The results showed that the two groups were the same in terms of age, marital status and employment levels.
Patients who received Community Re-entry Program showed a significant change in information exchange (P = 0.001), relations (P =
0.0001) and total score of ACIS questionnaire (P = 0.0001) and in the positive symptoms (P = 0.01) of PANSS questionnaire compared
to the conventional psychotherapy group. Conclusion & Significance: The results showed that Community Re-Entry Program in
compared with conventional psychotherapy daily centers played an important role in improving communication and interaction
skills among patients with severe mental disorders in the study population. Yet, future studies are required to assess the long-term
clinical effects of this program.
farkhondeh.jamshidi@yahoo.comIJEMHHR 2018, Volume: 20
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C3-018