scholarly journals Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Brain Tumor Survivors with Cognitive Deficits.

Cureus ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Sacks ◽  
Devika Duggal ◽  
Taylor Liberta
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Cognitive Remediation ◽  
Cognitive Remediation Therapy

scholarly journals An Overview of Cognitive Remediation Therapy for People with Severe Mental Illness

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherrie Galletly ◽  
Ashlee Rigby
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Cognitive Remediation ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Cognitive Remediation Therapy ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders ◽  
Varying Length

Cognitive remediation refers to nonpharmacological methods of improving cognitive function in people with severe mental disorders. Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) can be delivered via computerised programs, of varying length and complexity, or can be undertaken one-on-one by a trained clinician. There has been a considerable interest in cognitive remediation, driven by recognition that cognitive deficits are a major determinant of outcome in people with severe, chronic mental illnesses. CRT has been shown to be effective, especially if combined with vocational rehabilitation.

Cognitive remediation therapy for schizophrenia: what is it and does it work?

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-221
Author(s):  
Gary Donohoe ◽  
Heike Schmidt ◽  
Ian H Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Cognitive Remediation ◽  
Cognitive Remediation Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Interventions ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
Impaired Cognition ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Behavioural Strategies

AbstractImpaired cognition is a core feature of schizophrenia (SZ) that precedes, accompanies, and often outlasts a patient's clinical symptoms. The success of new generation antipsychotics, as well as their failure to ameliorate the persistent disabilities associated with the disorder are well documented. Consequently, a number of psychosocial and cognitive interventions have been developed to address specific aspects of disability not adequately alleviated by medication.Among these, interventions adapted from the acquired brain literature that target cognitively based disability (cognitive remediation therapy; CRT) have received significant empirical support both for ameliorating specific deficits in memory, attention and executive function, and improving real world outcome. CRT strategies have focused either on providing drill-based training aimed at increasing capacity or providing behavioural strategies for compensating for cognitive deficits, or a mixture of both. Nonetheless, these interventions have varied widely and several questions remain.This review provides a brief overview of cognitive remediation therapies in psychosis, discusses evidence for its success, and outlines a number of questions that remain about its implementation. Given the current unavailability of cognitive remediation as part of standard care in Irish mental health services, we conclude by describing one such intervention developed within our clinical research group and the questions we hope to address in making this programme more widely available to Irish patients.

A role for cognitive remediation therapy for job seekers with neuropsychiatric disorders

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Kamonnet Wannasewok
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Cognitive Remediation ◽  
Neuropsychiatric Disorders ◽  
Cognitive Tasks ◽  
Cognitive Remediation Therapy ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Attention Memory

AbstractPeople with mental illness and traumatic brain injury experience difficulties in gaining and maintaining employment and have a higher unemployment rate because of their symptoms and poor social skills including cognitive impairments. Cognitive remediation is an intervention developed to improve cognitive functioning such as attention, memory, and problem-solving, by providing them with specific designed cognitive exercises. After practicing those cognitive tasks repetitively and massively, people with cognitive deficits will improve cognitive processes which lead to better cognitive performance. There is evidence supporting the benefits of cognitive remediation in improving employment-related outcome. Thus, it might have a role for job seekers with neuropsychiatric disorders and cognitive dysfunctions.

scholarly journals Improving Theory of Mind in Schizophrenia by Targeting Cognition and Metacognition with Computerized Cognitive Remediation: A Multiple Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Élisabeth Thibaudeau ◽  
Caroline Cellard ◽  
Clare Reeder ◽  
Til Wykes ◽  
Hans Ivers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Cognitive Remediation ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Cognitive Remediation Therapy ◽  
Social Abilities ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
The Relationship

Schizophrenia is associated with deficits in theory of mind (ToM) (i.e., the ability to infer the mental states of others) and cognition. Associations have often been reported between cognition and ToM, and ToM mediates the relationship between impaired cognition and impaired functioning in schizophrenia. Given that cognitive deficits could act as a limiting factor for ToM, this study investigated whether a cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) that targets nonsocial cognition and metacognition could improve ToM in schizophrenia. Four men with schizophrenia received CRT. Assessments of ToM, cognition, and metacognition were conducted at baseline and posttreatment as well as three months and 1 year later. Two patients reached a significant improvement in ToM immediately after treatment whereas at three months after treatment all four cases reached a significant improvement, which was maintained through 1 year after treatment for all three cases that remained in the study. Improvements in ToM were accompanied by significant improvements in the most severely impaired cognitive functions at baseline or by improvements in metacognition. This study establishes that a CRT program that does not explicitly target social abilities can improve ToM.

The Effect of Cognitive Remediation Therapy on Social Skills in Institutionalized Elderly Patients with Schizophrenia

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Mohammadi ◽  
Yadollah Abolfathi Momtaz ◽  
Seyedeh Ameneh Motalebi ◽  
Shahnaz Boosepasi
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Cognitive Remediation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Remediation Therapy ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly

Background: There are limited scientific investigations on cognitive remediation in elderly patients with schizophrenia. The present study was aimed to examine the efficacy of cognitive remediation therapy on social skills in institutionalized elderly patients with schizophrenia. Methods: The study employed a randomized clinical trial. A total of 60 institutionalized elderly patients with schizophrenia from Razi Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran were selected and randomly allocated into two equal groups (control and intervention). The intervention group attended to cognitive remediation therapy for 8 weeks. The Evaluation of Living Skills Scale for psychiatric patients was used for data collection. The Chi Square, independent and paired t-tests using SPSS, version 22, were employed to analyze the data. Results: The mean age of 60 elderly patients participated in the study was 65.25 &#177; 4.19 years. No significant differences were found between two groups at baseline. However, independent t-tests showed significant differences between the intervention and the control group in social skills after implementation of intervention. Additionally, the results of paired t-tests revealed significant improvements in intervention group on communication skills (t=5.50, p<0.001), behavioral problems with others (t=5.44, p<0.001), and self-care (t=4.70, p<0.001). No significant differences were observed from pretest to post test in control group. Conclusion: The results of the present study may support the efficacy of cognitive remediation therapy on social skills of elderly patients with schizophrenia.

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