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[Abstract]Objective: To explore the improvement differences in negative symptoms, social function, and cognitive dysfunction after peer-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for male chronic schizophrenic patients with different lengths of hospitalization. Methods: Randomly assigned groups according to the length of hospitalization and CBT at baseline, 12 weeks and 20 weeks. The negative symptom scale (PANSS), Social Functioning Scale for Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients (SSFPI), Self-Esteem Scale (SES), Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT), and the Category Fluency Test (CFAN) were used for clinical assessment. Results: After treatment for 12 weeks, regardless of the length of hospitalization, HVLT, CFAN, SES and SSFPI were higher than in drug therapy group, PANSS negative symptoms scale was lower than the drug therapy group; At 20 weeks, for hospitalized time more than 3 years, HVLT, CFAN,and SES were higher than in drug treatment group; for hospitalized time within 3 years, CFAN and SES were higher than drug therapy group, PANSS was lower than the drug therapy group (P < 0.05). Conclusion: CBT were effective in negative symptoms,social functioning and cognitive dysfunction for male patients with chronic schizophrenia,regardless of the length of hospitalization.
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