Health Condition 1: F20- Schizophrenia
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT): 16 sessions of 60-90 minutes will be taken every alternate day for 4 weeks
Control Intervention1: Treatment as Usual: Patient will rec
Sponsors
Central Institute of Psychiatry
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of Schizophrenia as per Diagnostic Criteria for Research, ICD 10 with more than 2 years of duration of illness. PANSS score of Patients who will give consent for the study Patients who are right-handed Education: 5th grade and above.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: History of chronic or other significant general medical/neurological illness. Comorbid diagnosis of any other psychiatric disorder or substance dependence (except for tobacco) Those receiving electroconvulsive therapy in past six months Those having intellectual disability. Those not willing to give informed consent for the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Social Cognition, Social functioning,Timepoint: 4 weeks post intervention assessment using Social Cognition Rating Tools in Indian Setting, Facial Emotion Recognition Task and Social Functioning Scale | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mirror Neuron ActivityTimepoint: 4 weeks post intervention assessment using 128 channel EEG recording on Action Execution and Action Observation Task | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Swarnali Bose
Central Institute of Psychiatry
Outcome results
None listed