▁cop ing ▁skills , ▁problem - sol ving ▁techniques , ▁ps y cho ed uc ational ▁approaches , ▁and ▁eventually ▁occup ational ▁ther apy ▁and ▁ ▁voc ational ▁assess ments ▁are ▁often ▁very ▁helpful ▁for ▁patients ▁and ▁their ▁families . ▁V irt ually ▁all ▁types ▁of ▁individual ▁psych other apy ▁are ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁sch iz op hren iform ▁dis order , ▁except ▁for ▁insight - orient ed ▁ther ap ies ▁as ▁patients ▁often ▁have ▁limited ▁insight ▁as ▁a ▁sympt om ▁of ▁their ▁ill ness . ▁ ▁Since ▁sch iz op hren iform ▁dis order ▁has ▁such ▁rapid ▁on set ▁of ▁severe ▁sympt oms , ▁patients ▁are ▁sometimes ▁in ▁den ial ▁about ▁their ▁ill ness , ▁which ▁also ▁would ▁limit ▁the ▁effic acy ▁of ▁insight - orient ed ▁ther ap ies . ▁Support ive ▁forms ▁of ▁psych other apy ▁such ▁as ▁inter person al ▁psych other apy , ▁support ive ▁psych other apy , ▁and ▁cogn itive ▁behavior al ▁ther apy ▁are ▁particularly ▁well ▁su ited ▁for ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁the ▁dis order . ▁Group ▁psych other apy ▁is ▁usually ▁not ▁indicated ▁for ▁patients ▁with ▁sch iz op hren iform ▁dis order ▁because ▁they ▁may ▁be ▁dist ress ed ▁by ▁the ▁sympt oms ▁of ▁patients ▁with ▁more ▁advanced ▁psych otic ▁dis orders . ▁ ▁Pro gn osis ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁spec ifiers ▁for ▁sch iz op hren iform ▁dis order ▁may ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁indicate ▁the ▁presence ▁or ▁absence ▁of ▁features ▁that ▁may ▁be ▁associated ▁with ▁a ▁better ▁pro gn osis