Interpersonal problem-solving therapy for schizophrenics and their families

Twenty-eight male schizophrenics who were living with relatives high on “expressed emotion,” were randomly assigned to 10 weeks of inpatient, intensive social skills training or holistic health therapy plus family therapy. While both groups showed equivalent degrees of improvement in psychopathology during the inpatient treatment period, twice as many patients relapsed and required rehospitalization in the holistic health therapy group than in the social skills training group.