چكيده لاتين :
The purpose of this study was to improve the investigate to what exent may treatment of schizophrenic patients through training families to modify their incorrect thoughts, believes, and attitudes toward schizophrenics and increase their information to behave appropriately and adjust their expectation.
With a semi- experimental design, and
Through 6 sessions of cognitive training for families with schizophrenics patients, examined treatment enhancement of schizophrenics. In this research statistical population was all schizophrenics in Najaf Abad City registered by 2005. The samples of this research were 30 schizophrenic patients (who were selected by psychiatrists) and their families were randomly replaced into the experimental and control groups. The instrument was a questionnaire consisted of the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS TEST) with alpha croubach 0.8 validity. The results of this research showed that family cognitive training was effective in the treatment of schizophrenic patients. (P<0/01) Dimensions of cognition which means increasing family information about schizophrenic patients, modify their incorrect thoughts, believes and attitudes toward Schizophrenic patients which was also effective in improving the treatment of these patients (P<0/01).
