Long-stay hospitalized schizophrenic patients exhibit multiple social skills deficits. Doubts have been expressed about the effectiveness of social skills training for them, and also about the possibility of achieving generalization of skills. Part 2 of this article describes the setting-up of groups with such patients, the selection of group members and the content of the programmes.
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