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Abstract

Background: Under domain of clinical social work, task-centered group work (tcgw) is an empirically validated and widely acknowledged problem-solving model of social work that has been applied on variety of clients groups across different geographical regions. However, in Indian context such interventions are woefully low. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of task centered group work intervention on schizophrenia patients’ in reducing their perceived psychopathology.Materials and Method:Sixtyschizophrenia patients diagnosed schizophrenia as per ICD-10 DCR by treating psychiatrist were purposively recruited from RINPASout patients department and were divided into two equal numbers of groups (i.e. 15 each) namely experimental and control groups.The proposed intervention i.e. tcgw was imparted only to experimental group for six months on bi-monthly basis. Pre and post assessments were done using Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale.