In a controlled study of chronic schizophrenic day-patients, brief but intensive occupational therapy was found to be effective in improving patients' skills in such areas as work in the kitchen, shopping and budgeting, laundry and clothes care, and general household duties. The findings suggest occupational therapy has an important part to play in the continuing rehabilitation of schizophrenics in the community.
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