Compensatory Cognitive Training for psychosis: Effects on negative symptom subdomains.

ABSTRACT: Research identifying the effects of cognitive training on negative symptoms of psychosis is limited. We examined the effects of Compensatory Cognitive Training (CCT) on expressive deficits and social amotivation in a randomized controlled trial comparing CCT to standard pharmacotherapy alone in 43 individuals with psychosis. ANCOVA analyses demonstrated significant CCT-associated effects on both expressive deficits and social amotivation. Moreover, improvements in both sub-domains were associated with improvements in global life satisfaction, with improvements in social amotivation also related to increased social contact. CCT appears to be a beneficial treatment approach for improving multiple aspects of negative symptoms.

SUBMITTER: Mahmood Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6402965 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature