AU - Yasrebi, Kamran AU - Jazayeri, Ali Reza AU - Pourshahbaz, Abbas AU - Dolatshahi, Behrouz TI - The Effectiveness of Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Reducing Negative Symptoms and Improving Social Skills of Chronic Schizophrenia Patients PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 14 VI - 4 IP - 4 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-605-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-605-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 4 ABĀ  - AbstractObjectives: This study examined the effectiveness of psychosocial rehabilitation in reducing negative symptoms and improving social skills in chronic schizophrenia patients. Method: In this experiment 30 subjects were selected as the experimental group and 30 subjects were selected as the control group. The subjects were matched, and examined in a quasi-experimental study. To examine negative symptoms and social skills, the Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) and Social Skills Checklist were used respectively. The applied interventions (psycho-social rehabilitation) were evaluated using pretest and post-test and a three months follow-up. Results: After three months of rehabilitation, the experimental group demonstrated a significant decrease (P CP - IRAN IN - P O Box: 16765-3719. Tehran, Iran, IR. Fax: +9821-77392296 LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 363 PT - Original Research YR - 2009