IRJMSI Vol 6 Issue 3 [Year 2015] INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND INNOVATION (IRJMSI) Page 18 www.irjmsi.com CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS: IMPACT ON PERCEIVED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY PANKAJ KUMAR VERMA Department of PSW, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Kanke, Ranchi 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. Results:Majority of patients from experimental group perceived significant improvement in their perceived psychopathology (pre mean score 110.20±9.06; post mean score 78.53±11.98) following tcgw intervention compared to control group where no such intervention was imparted (pre mean score 87.60 ± 11.76; post mean score 130.93± 17.75).Conclusion: Task centered group work has shown its effectiveness to reduce the perceived psychopathology of schizophrenia patients to a significant level. Introduction: Mental illness like schizophrenia is a devastating form of mental illness. Itis a major psychiatric disorder, or cluster of syndromes, characterised by psychotic symptoms that falsify a person's perception, thoughts, affect, and behaviour.It typically begins in early adulthood; between ages of 15-25 years. Men tend to develop symptoms slightly earlier than women do. Each person with this mental disorder has a unique combination of symptoms and experiences.The gravity of this illness can be estimated that in spite newer molecular inventions, itusually run a long course of treatment, which often requiresholistic treatments&even if active symptomsissettled down; many of the residual symptoms might remain over a prolonged period, which clearly keep a patient aside from normal person. Its incidence rate is quite low and greatly varies across different geographical regions. The reported incidence of schizophrenia from different countries has ranged from 1.1 to 7.2 per