Efficacy of a Culturally Adapted Emotion Recognition Training Program in Improving Facial Emotion Recognition in Persons with Schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Facial emotion recognition (FER) deficits are being considered as core features of social cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, associated with socio-occupational dysfunction. Social cognition intervention programs have been shown to improve these deficits; however, there are no such intervention strategies in India. In this study, we aim to examine the efficacy of Training of Affect Recognition - Indian Version (TAR-IV) to enhance the FER abilities of people with schizophrenia.

Methods

In an open-label experimental design, 36 participants with schizophrenia underwent 12 sessions of TAR-IV as an add-on to treatment as usual (TAU), while 29 participants with schizophrenia continued TAU (pharmacological treatment with or without occupational therapy and vocational re

SUBMITTER: Thonse U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572440 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature