Psychosocial treatment: individual, group, family, and community support approaches.

The authors present an overview of research on psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia. Findings from studies of four therapeutic approaches--individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, family therapy, and community support systems--are discussed in detail. The usefulness of each type of therapy is critically assessed on the basis of available data from controlled outcome studies. The authors make recommendations regarding high-priority areas to be addressed in future studies of psychosocial treatments.