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Scholars from abroad visited our center in 2014

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Scholars from OT of Japan and University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign visited our center

New research findings of MOHO in Taiwan

Title : The Effectiveness of Remotivation Protocol for Persons with Schizophrenia Author : Sheng-Hui Wang Thesis Advisor : Ay-Woan Pan Major findings : The results from this study show that utilization of a remotivation protocol helps to increase the patient's volitional performance, increase motivation to participate in occupational performance, and improves negative symptoms. Participants :         *N=10         *7 males, 3 females         *Age: 42 + 11.52 (range: 23-56)         *Diagnosis: Schizophrenia         *Setting: Inpatient acute ward in a psychiatric institute         *Ethnicity: Asian (Taiwan) Methods : The researchers translated the English edition of the remotivation process manual into Mandarin. In order to ensure the Mandarin versi...