A new computerized cognitive and social cognition training specifically designed for patients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder in early stages of illness: A pilot study

Fernández-Gonzalo, Sol; Turón, Marc; Jódar, Mercé; Pousa, Esther; Rambla, Carla Hernandez; García, Rebeca Robles; Palao, Diego

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2015.06.007

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“…computer skills training, internet games, and documentary videos) in 53 patients early in the course of the illness (Fernandez-Gonzalo et al, 2015). The combined cognitive and social cognitive training group showed significantly greater gains in visual working memory, visual learning, and emotion recognition.…”

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

Fisher

Nahum

Howard

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

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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 to neurocognitive training alone. Methods 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), to 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 measures related to reward processing. Results Both treatment groups showed significant improvement in multiple cognitive domains and improvement in functional capacity. However, as predicted, TCT+SCT group participants showed significant improvement in prosody identification and reward processing relative to TCT-only participants. Conclusions and Implications for Practice Our findings indicate that supplementing intensive computerized cognitive training with social cognitive exercises in people with psychosis confers greater benefits in prosody identification and reward processing relative to cognitive training alone, even though both approaches drive significant improvements in cognition and functional capacity. Impairments in both prosody identification and reward processing have been associated with greater negative symptoms and poorer functional outcomes in schizophrenia, raising the possibility that this form of treatment may lead to better long-term outcomes than traditional cognitive training approaches. Follow-up assessments will determine if results are durable and generalize over time to improvements in symptoms and functioning. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT02105779

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

Fisher

Nahum

Howard

et al. 2017

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

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“…Программа Neuro Personal Trainer -Mental Health (NPT-MH) представляет собой полностью компьюте-ризированный вариант тренинга, направленного на развитие когнитивных навыков и способностей в сфере СП [2].…”

Section: компьютеризированные программы тренинга когнитивных и социалunclassified

“…Результаты показали, что после прохождения тренинга группы значимо различались по показателям внима-ния, памяти и распознавания эмоций (тест Экмана), по другим показателям различий между группами не было. Авторы делают вывод, что программа NPT-MH может быть полезным инструментом для развития ког-нитивных навыков и повышения точности распозна-вания эмоций [2]. «Целевые» тренинги, направленные на развитие отдельной способности, относящейся к сфере социального познания К данной группе тренингов можно отнести компью-теризированные тренинги, в рамках которых происхо-дит развитие какой-то одной способности в сфере СП.…”

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“…Так, в исследовании эффективности тренинговой программы RC2S было достигнуто изменение дисфунк-циональных стилей атрибуции, характерных для больных шизофренией [17], но при применении программы NPT-MH данный результат получить не удалось [2]; специаль-ные упражнения программы e-Motional Training [10] помогли улучшить способность больных с шизофренией точно распознавать эмоции, однако после прохождения компьютерного тренинга социальных навыков с приме-нением технологии виртуальной реальности способность испытуемых распознавать эмоции не улучшилась [4].…”

Section: возможности и ограничения It-технологий в сфере развития соцunclassified

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IT-training – a new trend in the practice of care for patients with mental disorders and their importance for the development of social cognition

Moskacheva

Холмогорова

2016

Современная Зарубежная Психология

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The emergence and development of social cognition paradigm is a new trend in the science of mental health, which led to a significant modification of training in the direction of greater specialization in training of various skills in the field of social cognition, including with the use of computer technology. The article provides a brief overview of the most well-known foreign computerized training programs, gives idea of skills in social cognition (SC), presents data on the effectiveness of these programs, the possibilities and limitations of application of computer technologies in training SC, and also a number of conclusions about the perspectives of their application.

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“…Of these, affect recognition therapy for improving the processing of emotions is the most widely recognized treatment, and it involves asking participants to correctly identify the emotion being shown in a picture of a face, praising the patient if a correct answer is given [2,12,35]. This method can also involve "re-teaching" a patient how to differentiate emotions, by given detailed explanations on the meaning of a particular emotion and the context in which it is used, or asking the patient to infer which emotion o thought is being presented based on a specific situation [36,37]. Social perception can be improved with memory oriented techniques that intend to present the patients with different social cues and showing them to recall these cues in everyday life, applying them to the correct scenario [35].…”

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Schizophrenia and Social Cognition: A Review of Concepts and Treatment Options

Peñaherrera¹

2016

J Socialomics

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Social cognition is a neuropsychological domain of the human psyche, in charge of processing the information about ourselves and the people that surrounds us. This includes recognition of faces and emotions, facial expression, experience sharing, reactions, and inferring people's mental processes. Schizophrenia is the most severe condition in the psychotic disease range, presenting with both positive and negative symptoms. Social cognition is affected in schizophrenic patients, impairing their ability to function properly in society. Recent research has been done in the areas of emotion and face recognition in schizophrenics, with the aim of improving treatment options through various neuropsychiatric approaches. In the medical field, oxytocin has been discovered to be a key molecule in mediating human social performance, and its use is being studied for improving social cognition in schizophrenia. We offer a review and update on the main concepts of social cognition and its disturbances caused by schizophrenia, along with the treatment options available and the direction in which future research is heading.

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A new computerized cognitive and social cognition training specifically designed for patients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder in early stages of illness: A pilot study

Cited by 37 publications

References 61 publications

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

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

IT-training – a new trend in the practice of care for patients with mental disorders and their importance for the development of social cognition

Schizophrenia and Social Cognition: A Review of Concepts and Treatment Options

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