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Effects of combination of psychic rehabilitation intervention and ERP applied to the rehabilitation of schizophrenia

WU Xue-fen1, CHEN Liang-hu1, WANG Ai-hua1, CHEN Chong2   

  1. 1.Department of Psychiatric, Nanhui Mental Health Center, Pudong New District, Shanghai 201399, China; 2.Department of Electrophysiology, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
  • Online:2016-04-28 Published:2016-05-26

Abstract:

Objective To explore the effects of novel diagnosis and treatment technologies combination of psychic rehabilitation intervention (PRI) and event related potentials (ERP)  applied to the rehabilitation of schizophrenia and intervention outcomes. Methods Ninety-six patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to the study group and the control group with 48 patients per group. PRI and ERP were used to perform rehabilitation treatment for patients. Results ①After the implementation of PRI, the decrease in the scores of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and Social Disability Screening Schedule (SDSS) and the increase in the scores of Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) in the study group were greater as compared with the control group (P<0.05 or 0.01). ②After the implementation of PRI, the decrease in the scores of all factors in Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) in the study group were much greater as compared with the control group (P<0.05 or 0.01). ③For the study group, P2, P3 amplitudes of the target stimulus, which were major indexes in ERP test, improved with the remission of symptoms (P<0.05 or 0.01). Conclusion PRI treatment has significant efficacy for improving patients social functions and family members mental health.

Key words: psychic rehabilitation intervention, event related potential, schizophrenia