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Teaching Conflict Resolution Skills to the Chronically Mentally Ill

Social Skills Training Groups for Briefly Hospitalized Patients

Kim T. Mueser

Medical College of Pennsylvania at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute

Previous research on social skills training has demonstrated its usefulness as an adjunct treatment for a variety of psychiatric disorders. At the Medical College of Pennsylvania at Eastem Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, an acute-care psychiatric hospital, a social skills training group has been in operation for over 3 years. The group is unique in its format in several ways that are described in this article. Data collected over the 3-year period are also presented. The major findings indicate that even over a very brief period of time during an acute hospitalization, patients can learn basic conflict resolution skills. Some predictors of skill acquisition were also identified.

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