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Advancement of research on the neurobiology of the schizophrenic brain has revealed a complex of factors, from genetic tendencies affecting the development of brain structure to functional impairment caused by defective molecular signaling. Recently, the attention of psychiatrists and mental health professionals has been directed to the presence of cognitive deficits, responsible for most of the obstacles to the social insertion of patients.The schizophrenic person has a difficulty to manage the flux of consciousness in social interactions. We address this difficulty with the Flower Arrangement Workshop, a methodology of Psycho-Social Rehabilitation that reduces the vulnerability of the schizophrenic in the social environment. The workshop was offered regularly (18 months) for a group containing 4 schizophrenic subjects.
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Ornellas Pereira, M., Pereira, A. Cognitive deficits of schizophrenia: the flower workshop initiative. Nat Prec (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2008.1497.1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2008.1497.1