The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 190: 49-56. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.023697
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Efficacy of the Community Re-Entry Module for patients with schizophrenia in Beijing, China: outcome at 2-year follow-up

YU-TAO XIANG, MD, MPhil

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing

YONG-ZHEN WENG, MD

Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing

WEN-YONG LI, BSc, LIANG GAO, BSc, GUO-LAN CHEN, BSc, LING XIE, BSc and YAN-LI CHANG, BSc

Department of Psychiatry, Beijing Chaoyang Mental Health Care Institute, Beijing

WAI-KWONG TANG, MD, MRCPsych and GABOR SANDOR UNGVARI, MD, PhD, FRCPsych

Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Correspondence: Dr Xiang Yutao, Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong SAR, China. Fax: +852-2647-5321; Phone: +852-2636-7570; email: xyutly{at}cuhk.edu.hk

Declaration of interest None. Funding detailed in Acknowledgements.

Background Few psychosocial interventions have been developed in China that are suitable for use in the community.

Aims To evaluate the effectiveness of the Chinese version of the Community Re-Entry Module (CRM; a module of a standardised, structured social skills training programme devised atthe University of California, Los Angeles) for patients with schizophrenia compared with standard group psychoeducation.

Method Patients with schizophrenia (n=103) were randomly allocated to CRM or psychoeducation groups and followed up for 24 months. Outcome measures included social functioning, psychiatric symptoms, insight, re-employment, relapse and re-hospitalisation rates.

Results The CRM group significantly improved in terms of social functioning, insight and psychiatric symptoms compared withthe psychoeducation group; the re-employment rate was significantly higher and relapse and rehospitalisation rates were significantly lower in the CRM group.

Conclusions The findings support the feasibility and effectiveness of CRM as a psychosocial intervention for Chinese patients with schizophrenia in the community.


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