... patient mindfully learns torecognize his functional and dysfunctional emotionalcoping strategies and their origins. These origins are mostoften a combination of current conflicts and imprints ... handling of feelings of anger, guilt or escape and integration of the disease as a permanent 'note' into theself-concept, is of out-standing importance. In fact, in out-patients with schizophrenia, ... confidentiality, and gave informed consent to partici-pate. The patients were recruited consecutively in threeGerman clinics, i.e. Oberberg Clinics Schwarzwald,Weserbergland, and Berlin/Brandenburg....