Compensatory cognitive training for psychosis: effects in a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Treatments for the cognitive impairments of schizophrenia are urgently needed. We developed and tested a 12-week, group-based, manualized, compensatory cognitive training intervention targeting prospective memory, attention, learning/memory, and executive functioning. The intervention focused on compensatory strategies, such as calendar use, self-talk, note taking, and a 6-step problem-solving method, and did not require computers.

Method

In a randomized controlled trial, 69 outpatients with DSM-IV primary psychotic disorders were assigned to receive standard pharmacotherapy alone or compensatory cognitive training + standard pharmacotherapy for 12 weeks. Assessments of neuropsychological performance and functional capacity (primary outcomes) and psychiatric sympto

SUBMITTER: Twamley EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3593661 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature