Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for persons with schizophrenia participated in the study
Inclusion criteria | |
♦ | Being diagnosed with schizophrenia according to the DSM-IV-TR by a psychiatrist |
♦ | Cognitive capacity to understand and provide informed consent to participate |
♦ | Ability to understand and communicate in Chinese |
♦ | Between the ages of 18 and 65 years |
Exclusion criteria | |
♦ | Acute psychosis or neurological illness at the time of the interview |
♦ | Receiving any in-patient psychiatric care (hospitalisation) |
♦ | Diagnosed with co-morbid psychiatric disorders (e.g. major depression, personality disorders) |
♦ | Life-threatening medical illness that limits a client’s life expectancy to 1 year, as diagnosed by a physician |
♦ | Cognitive impairment as assessed by a mental-health professional that renders the client unable to participate in the interview |