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SynthesisSchizophrenia bulletin2018

A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Training and Related Interventions for Psychosis.

David T Turner, Edel McGlanaghy, Pim Cuijpers, Mark van der Gaag, Eirini Karyotaki, Angus MacBeth

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Synthesis in Schizophrenia bulletin, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Personality domains in early stages of psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026
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  6. Schizophrenia.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David T TurnerDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universitiet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Edel McGlanaghyDepartment of Clinical and Health Psychology, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
Pim CuijpersDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universitiet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mark van der GaagDepartment of Psychiatry, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Eirini KaryotakiDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universitiet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Angus MacBethDepartment of Clinical and Health Psychology, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Evidence suggests that social skills training (SST) is an efficacious intervention for negative symptoms in psychosis, whereas evidence of efficacy in other psychosis symptom domains is limited. The current article reports a comprehensive meta-analytic review of the evidence for SST across relevant outcome measures, control comparisons, and follow-up assessments. The secondary aim of this study was to identify and investigate the efficacy of SST subtypes. Methods: A systematic literature search identified 27 randomized controlled trials including N = 1437 participants. Trials assessing SST against active controls, treatment-as-usual (TAU), and waiting list control were included. Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool. A series of 70 meta-analytic comparisons provided effect sizes in Hedges' g. Heterogeneity and publication bias were assessed. Results: SST demonstrated superiority over TAU (g = 0.3), active controls (g = 0.2-0.3), and comparators pooled (g = 0.2-0.3) for negative symptoms, and over TAU (g = 0.4) and comparators pooled (g = 0.3) for general psychopathology. Superiority was indicated in a proportion of comparisons for all symptoms pooled and social outcome measures. SST subtype comparisons were underpowered, although social-cognitive approaches demonstrated superiority vs comparators pooled. SST treatment effects were maintained at proportion of follow-up comparisons. Conclusions: SST demonstrates a magnitude of effect for negative symptoms similar to those commonly reported for cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for positive symptoms, although unlike CBT, SST is not routinely recommended in treatment guidelines for psychological intervention. SST may have potential for wider implementation. Further stringent effectiveness research alongside wider pilot implementation of SST in community mental health teams is warranted.

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Social SkillsBehavior TherapyHumansPsychiatric RehabilitationSchizophrenia

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PMID29140460
PMCPMC5890475

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