Project SUCCESS has been a crucial support for our participants, offering interactive group sessions that have proven immensely popular among attendees. Here, we're sharing a few strategies that have...
Participating in Project SUCCESS enabled our Certified Community Behavioral Health Center to pilot one of the two evidence-based practices (EBP) the project compares. Here, we share a few of the...
Weekly group sessions are the primary component of both CET and HOPES—the interventions we are comparing in Project SUCCESS. Both Cognitive Enhancement Therapy and Helping Ourselves Perceive &...
What if a simple scratch-and-sniff test could predict successful outcomes from psychosocial interventions for people with schizophrenia? That’s the primary question we are asking in a NIMH-funded...
The Helping Ourselves Experience and Pursue Success (HOPES) curriculum is designed to introduce a new skill each week from one of 8 domains (Communicating Effectively, Making and Keeping Friends...
Schizophrenia is best treated holistically with medication and psychosocial interventions such as cognitive enhancement therapy (CET) and social skills training (HOPES)—the interventions included in...
Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET) comprises three integral components: individual psychotherapy, computerized neurocognitive training in pairs, and skills group. Among these, mastering the...
Project SUCCESS compares two programs that are both designed to improve social functioning. Why is this important? In this week’s post, I’ll discuss the research that helped me recognize the...
HOPES is an evidence-based skills training program developed for people with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia. The HOPES program targets interpersonal skills in areas such as community...
