The present program is divided into five detailed segments with three progressive levels, that provide a manualized lesson-by-lesson curriculum for implementation on the treatment mall.
* Medication Education
* Symptom recognition and management
* Living Healthy
* Interpersonal Skills
* Discharge Preparation
The program comprised of detailed instructor and patient manuals, specific curriculums and pre- and post-tests to determine acquisition of the learned materials. All modules are imbedded in weekly small group sessions.
* Each of the 5 modules are discussed in groups in weekly morning or afternoon session, Monday through Friday.
* Each module is divided into three 12-week periods for a total of 36 sessions.
* Upon completing 12 weeks at Level 1, each patient moves to Level 2 and then Level 3 for 12 weeks each.
* Each group has two trained instructors.
* Number of patients per group: ≤ 15.
* Sessions are interspersed within the patient's regular treatment mall classes
