2026-04-14T19:23:49Zhttps://uvadoc.uva.es/oai/requestoai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/779962026-03-20T08:49:35Zcom_10324_1181com_10324_931com_10324_894col_10324_1387
Language and communication rehabilitation in patients with schizophrenia: A narrative review
Jimeno Bulnes, Natalia
psiquiatrÃa
Language impairments often appear in patients with schizophrenia and are potential targets for
rehabilitation. Clinical practice and research should be intimately connected. The aim was to
perform a narrative review of the assessment and intervention tools that have been used for the
rehabilitation of schizophrenia patients with language and communication impairments. Two
types of tools, general and specific, were developed for both purposes. General tools include the
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for assessment, and the Integrated Psychological Therapy
for intervention. The specific tools used to evaluate language and communication impairments
include the Scale for the Assessment of Thought, Language and Communication, the Formal
Thought Disorder scales (for caregivers and patients), and the Thought and Language Disorder
scale. The most recent language-specific intervention tools include the Cognitive Pragmatic
Treatment, Conecta-2, Let’s talk! Multimodal Speech-Gesture training, Speech Therapy Intervention
Group, and PragmaCom. These tools primarily involve psychopathology/psychiatry,
psychology, linguistics, speech and language therapy, and nursing. In conclusion, a wide range of
assessment and intervention tools are available for the rehabilitation of language and communication
impairments associated with schizophrenia. An integrative and interdisciplinary
approach should always be considered for rehabilitation of language and communication in patients
with schizophrenia throughout their lifetime.
2025-09-22T16:45:57Z
2025-09-22T16:45:57Z
2024
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Heliyon enero 2024, 10, 2, e24897.
2405-8440
https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/77996
10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24897
e24897
2
e24897
Heliyon
10
eng
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