Journal of International Psychiatry

Abstract: Objective ：To assess the clinical effect of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for patients with residual schizophrenia .methods 90 residual schizophrenic patients were randomly divided into two groups of 45 ones each . both groups maintained original antipsychotic treatment, on this basis research group received treatment with CBT, control group received general disease guide , both interventions lasted 6 months, Before and after treatment efficacies were assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale(PANSS) and personal and social performance scale(PSP).results After three months of treatment, the reduction of negative symptoms score and general score in research was significantly lower than control group（P<0.05）, After six months of treatment, The reduction of PANSS total score ,negative score and positive score in research was significantly low than control group（P<0.05或 P<0.01） , at the end of three months and six months , the scores of the PSP in research group are more significantly higher than those in control group （P<0.05或 P<0.01）. Conclusion: On the basis of the antipsychotic treatment, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy can increase the improvement on clinical symptoms ,Life quality and social function in residual schizophrenic patients.

Key words: Cognitive-Behavior Therapy; residual schizophrenia; life quality ;social functoin