"Individuals with schizophrenia exhibit consistent deficits in social cognition such as emotion perception, attributional style, and theory of mind, which may be targets of psychosocial treatments. Previous intervention studies have typically focused on only one aspect of social cognition and have not assessed generalization of treatment to improvements in social functioning."
"Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT), aimed at improving social cognition in schizophrenia. Eighteen inpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders completed SCIT and were compared with 10 inpatients who completed a coping skills group" this change was independent of changes in clinical symptoms over time and supports the unique role of SCIT in improving social cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.
The word diaspora emanated from an ancient Greek word which means "to scatter about." And that's exactly what happened to the people of diaspora — they scatter from their homeland to places across the globe, taking along with them their culture as they go.
