Trial reportBMC psychiatry2021
Metacognitive training: a useful complement to community-based rehabilitation for schizophrenia patients in China.
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- Metacognitive training (MCT) for psychosis: a systematic review and grade recommendations.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Pooled it
- Metacognitive training for psychosis (MCT): a systematic meta-review of its effectiveness.Translational psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Immediate and Sustained Outcomes and Moderators Associated With Metacognitive Training for Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- An empirical study of offline and online group metacognitive training in patients with schizophrenia.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of metacognitive therapies in first-episode psychosis: a systematic review.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2026Article
- Effects of a narrative-based psychoeducational intervention on medication adherence in individuals with schizophrenia: a multicentre, parallel-group randomised controlled trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Psychosocial Management of First-Episode Psychosis and Schizophrenia: Synopsis of the US Department of Veterans Affairs and US Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Article
- Impact of modified psychomotor therapy on self-efficacy in community-dwelling individuals with schizophrenia receiving rehabilitation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Depression in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: a scoping review.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Metacognitive training for psychosis (MCT): past, present, and future.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Review
- "Why I stay in community psychiatric rehabilitation": a semi-structured survey in persons with schizophrenia.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- A sequence analysis of hospitalization patterns and service utilization in patients with major psychiatric disorders in China.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- The Effect of Yijinjing on the Cognitive Function of Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe traditional general practitioner-based model (community-based rehabilitation [CBR]) for Chinese schizophrenia patients lacks sufficient content, usefulness, and theoretical basis for rehabilitation. Based on previous research, we postulate that Metacognitive Training (MCT) is effective in the community for schizophrenic patients.
methodA randomized controlled, assessor-blinded trial was conducted. A total of 124 schizophrenia patients were recruited from Ningbo China and were randomly assigned to an intervention or a control group. A general practitioner (GP) training plan was carried out before intervention. Intervention and control groups received two CBR follow-ups once a month, while the intervention group, received an additional eight once-a-in-week session of MCT. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), and the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (PSYRATS) were the primary outcome instruments, while the Quality of Life Scale (SQLS) was the secondary outcome instrument.
resultsIn the post-treatment between-groups assessment, the patients in the intervention group showed significantly more reductions on PSYRATS delusions, PSYRATS total, PANSS P6, PANSS core delusions, PANSS positive, PANSS negative, PANSS general and PANSS total, and a significant improvement in SQLS psychosocial aspect.
conclusionsThe study provides preliminary evidence for the usefulness of MCT as a complementary measure for community-based rehabilitation of schizophrenia patients.
trial registrationISRCTN, ISRCTN17333276 . Registered 09 August 2020 - Retrospectively registered.
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