T.C. SAĞLIK BAKANLIĞI Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Ruh ...

substance and alcohol abuse and (d) psychotic exacerbation.. The sample comprised 30
subjects who met the inclusion criteria, though five patients were excluded 2 of which had an
acute exacerbation and 3 had discontinuity to the rehabilitation therapies. 3 subjects in the
control group were excluded because of discontinuity. The aim of the study was shared with
all of the participants and written informed consent was obtained. IPT was carried out twice
weekly for three months in the study group along with other therapies running in
Rehabilitation Center and in Schizophrenia Friends Association. The patients in the control
group recieved only the routine therapy modalities held in ineither of the two settings.
The following forms were used: a sociodemographical data form, Postive and
Negative Syndromes Scale(PANSS) to assess the symptom. Functioning Scale, The Quality
of Life Scale:, and Global Assessment of Functioning were used to evaluate psychosocial
functioning. Neurological Evaluation Scale, Digit Span Test, Trail Making Test A-B, WMS
Visual -Reproduction Test,, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test Stroop Test, Wisconsin Card
Sorting Test. These tests were used at entry to the study and after the intervention. NCSS
2007 packed program was used for statistical analysis were performed with. The evaluation of
the results were regarding a significance level of p