Improving Negative Symptoms & Community Engagement in Veterans With Schizophrenia

Engaging in Community Roles and Experiences (ENCoRE) includes evidence-based psychosocial treatment strategies to target the affective-motivational deficits, negative expectancies, and behavioral skills deficits that are central to the maintenance of negative symptoms. Behavioral strategies include motivational enhancement, psychoeducation, cognitive therapy, and social skills training.

"Health \& Wellness (H\&W) will focus on health and wellness issues and education on ways to better manage health-related concerns following a basic structure that includes: review of the previous session's material, new educational content, and discussion/application.~Topics will include: 1) Overview, 2) Physical Activity (3 sessions), 3) Nutrition/Healthy Eating (3 sessions), 4) Managing Fatigue/Sleep (3 sessions), 5) Relaxation (3 sessions), 6) Tobacco cessation (3 sessions), 7) Substance Use (3 sessions), 8) Medication/Side Effects (3 sessions), 9) Review (1 session), and Closing (1session)."