Supplementing intensive targeted computerized cognitive training with social cognitive exercises for people with schizophrenia: An interim report.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Individuals with schizophrenia demonstrate cognitive, social cognitive, and motivational deficits that contribute to impairment in real-world functioning. In the current study, we investigated the effects of supplementing computerized neurocognitive training with social cognitive exercises, as compared with neurocognitive training alone.

Method

In this ongoing, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of 111 participants with psychosis, we compare the effects of supplementing intensive targeted cognitive training with social cognitive training exercises (TCT + SCT) with the effects of targeted cognitive training alone (TCT-only). Participants were assessed on cognition, symptoms, functional capacity, and functional outcomes, as well as social cognition and measure

SUBMITTER: Fisher M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5380146 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature