The Use of Individually Tailored Environmental Supports to Improve Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Schizophrenia

• Published in: Schizophrenia bulletin Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 483 - 493
• Main Authors: Velligan, Dawn I., Diamond, Pamela M., Mintz, Jim, Maples, Natalie, Li, Xueying, Zeber, John, Ereshefsky, Larry, Lam, Yui-Wing F., Castillo, Desiree, Miller, Alexander L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.05.2008; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use; Benzodiazepines - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Olanzapine; Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data; Patient-Centered Care - methods; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reeducation. Readaptation. Sociotherapy; Regular; Risperidone - therapeutic use; Schizophrenia - drug therapy; Social Environment; Social Support; Treatment Outcome; Treatments; United States; North America; America; cognitive deficits; cognitive adaptation training; medication adherence; medication compliance; cognitive rehabilitation; environmental supports; Social environment; Human; Schizoaffective psychosis; Cognitive disorder; Treatment efficiency; Customization; Mental health; Pharmacotherapy; Schizophrenia; Cognition; medication adherence/cognitive deficits/ cognitive rehabilitation/medication compliance/cognitive adaptation training/environmental supports; Psychosocial factor; Therapeutic assistance; Psychosis; Drug compliance; Treatment; Reeducation; Follow up study; Therapeutic schedule; Public health

Cognitive adaptation training (CAT) is a psychosocial treatment that uses environmental supports such as signs, checklists, alarms, and the organization of belongings to cue and sequence adaptive behaviors in the home. Ninety-five outpatients with schizophrenia (structured clinical interview for dia...