Social cognition and interaction training for major depression: A preliminary study

Zhu, Sheng; Zhu, Kai; Jiang, Deguo; Shi, Jianfei

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2018.11.008

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“…Therefore, it is beneficial to strengthen social relationships with the help of specific interventions. To the best of our knowledge, there are currently no group therapies which aim to directly activate the social network of patients with depression; instead, existing group concepts strengthen current relationships indirectly through the development of social skills (Barth et al, 2016; Thase, 2012; Zhu et al, 2018). The findings of the present study underline the advantages of directly and actively fostering social resources on two different levels.…”

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A randomized trial of group therapy for resource activation for patients with affective disorder.

Goldbach¹,

Reif²,

Preuss³

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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Resource activation is a common factor of psychotherapy and has an effect on the treatment success regardless of the specific orientation. A balanced focus on resources and problems seems to constitute a promising therapy method. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a novel group therapy for resource activation (GTRA) for inpatients with unipolar depressive and bipolar affective disorders experiencing a depressive episode. Primary outcome criteria were the change in resources and in depression severity. Eighty-nine patients with unipolar depressive and bipolar affective disorders (57.3% female, mean age = 39.9 years) took part in a randomized, controlled trial comparing GTRA plus treatment as usual (TAU) with TAU alone. A comparison of the intervention (GTRA plus TAU) and control group (TAU) showed significantly higher improvements over time in "current relationships" and "fostering self-esteem" in the intervention group but no significant group differences in depression severity. Over the course of the GTRA, participants reported positive experiences of coping and clarification and showed significant increases in problem activation and improvements in subjective session outcomes. This study can be understood as a preliminary effort to pave the way for further refinement and testing of GTRA for patients with affective disorders in addition to TAU in an inpatient care setting. Future research should focus on improving the efficacy of the GTRA by varying different therapy components (e.g., the duration of the GTRA).

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A randomized trial of group therapy for resource activation for patients with affective disorder.

Goldbach¹,

Reif²,

Preuss³

et al. 2023

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

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“…Funcionamento social e teoria da mente, além de maiores porcentagens, também tiveram uma quantidade elevada de estudos que registraram tamanhos de efeitos do SCIT de médio a grande (Bartholomeusz et al, 2013;Hasson-Ohayon, Mashiach-Eizenberg, Avidan, Roberts, & Roe, 2014;Lahera et al, 2013;Palha & Roberts, 2019;Taylor et al, 2015;Voutilainen et al, 2016;Wang et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2019;Zhu, Zhu, Jiang, & Shi, 2018 SCIT, apresentaram efeitos grandes na percepção emocional, e efeitos moderados na teoria da mente e funcionamento social; as evidências encontradas em nossa revisão são consistentes com esses resultados, pois também registramos tamanhos de efeito similares.…”

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“…Não foi registrada uma relação entre tempo total de aplicação do protocolo e efeitos significativos nas variáveis de interesse. Registramos em nossa revisão que aplicações resumidas do protocolo, de oito a dez semanas, apresentaram resultados significativos na melhoria dos indicadores do funcionamento social e da cognição social (Bartholomeusz et al, 2013;Gordon et al, 2017;Taylor et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2019;Zhu et al, 2018), sinalizando a possibilidade de aplicações efetivas de versões mais compactas do SCIT.…”

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“…Além de pacientes diagnosticados com transtornos psicóticos, alvos tradicionais do SCIT, foram revisados estudos com pacientes bipolares, registrando efeitos significativos para teoria da mente, percepção emocional e estilo atributivo (Lahera et al, 2013) e funcionamento social (Zhang et al, 2019). Pela primeira vez foi registrada na literatura uma pesquisa com aplicação do SCIT somente para pacientes diagnosticados com depressão (Zhu et al, 2018) A presença majoritária de estudos com desenho experimentalnove ensaios clínicos randomizados (Gordon et al, 2017;Hasson-Ohayon et al, 2014;Hasson-Ohayon et al, 2019;Kanie et al, 2019;Roberts et al, 2014;Taylor et al, 2015;Wang et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2019;Zhu et al, 2018) oferece um nível de evidências significativo e permite indicações mais precisas dos efeitos do protocolo SCIT, em comparação aos estudos descritivos. Entretanto, os resultados indicados nessa revisão devem ser encarados com cautela, em função da quantidade reduzida de artigossomente trêsque simultaneamente foram randomizados, duplo-cegos e com acompanhamento tardio (Hasson-Ohayon et al, 2019;Roberts et al, 2014;Wang et al, 2013); dos números amostrais registrados pequenos, com o maior N = 74; e da quantidade total ainda reduzida de ensaio clínicos randomizados.…”

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Efeitos de uma intervenção sócio-cognitiva (SCIT) nas cognições sociais e funcionamento social: uma revisão integrativa / Effects of a socio-cognitive intervention (SCIT) on social cognitions and social functioning: an integrative review

Velozo¹,

Cerqueira²

2021

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Déficits na cognição social tem se revelado presentes e significativos em diversos transtornos psiquiátricos, a exemplo dos transtornos psicóticos; desta forma, diversas intervenções focadas nesses processos vem sendo desenvolvidas, com vistas a melhoraria do funcionamento social dos pacientes. A presente investigação analisou a eficácia do protocolo Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT) na melhoria dos indicadores de cognição social e funcionamento social, através de uma revisão de literatura integrativa. Foram selecionados somente estudos primários e publicados em periódicos de 2013 a 2019. De um universo de 1.162 artigos, fruto das buscas realizadas em seis bases de dados diferentes, 14 artigos fora selecionados para revisão. Os resultados indicaram que predominaram estudos experimentais, com uma variação significativa de instrumentos de mensuração utilizados; foram registrados estudos em nove países diferentes, todos apresentando alta viabilidade e aceitação; com efeitos significativos na melhoria do funcionamento e cognição social; os efeitos mais robustos foram para teoria da mente, funcionamento social e percepção emocional. Entretanto, apesar de promissoras, as evidências ainda são inconclusivas e mais ensaios clínicos randomizados são necessários para determinar com maior precisão os efeitos e limitações do protocolo, assim como a viabilidade no contexto brasileiro.

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“…Among these, social cognition and interaction training (SCIT) has become one of the most widely accepted clinical practices in patients with schizophrenia (8). The feasibility and efficacy of SCIT in schizophrenia have been verified in different clinical settings and cultural backgrounds (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18).…”

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Virtual-reality-based social cognition and interaction training for patients with schizophrenia: A preliminary efficacy study

Shen

Liu²,

et al. 2022

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundSocial cognition and interaction training (SCIT) is a psychosocial intervention program for patients with psychosis, designed to improve their social functioning by improving social cognition. Although the feasibility and efficacy of SCIT have been verified, patients with schizophrenia tend to suffer from motivational deficits and low treatment adherence. It has been suggested that using virtual reality (VR) technology might be effective in addressing these issues. In this study, we aimed to develop a VR-based SCIT and compare its efficacy with that of traditional SCIT.Materials and methodsWe developed a novel VR-based social cognition and interaction training (VR-SCIT) that combines traditional SCIT (TR-SCIT) intervention with VR technology. Participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio to the VR-SCIT (n = 28), TR-SCIT (n = 30), or waiting-list groups (n = 29). All treatments were combined with treatment-as-usual. Assessments of social cognition (i.e., Chinese version of Face-Affective Identification Task, Chinese version of Social Cognition Screening Questionnaire) and social functioning (i.e., Chinese version of Personal and Social Performance Scale) were administered from baseline to post-intervention.ResultsPatients receiving VR-SCIT and TR-SCIT showed a significantly greater improvement on the assessments of emotion perception (Cohen’s d was 1.66, 0.55, and 0.10 for VR-SCIT, TR-SCIT, and Waiting-list, respectively), hostile attributional bias (Cohen’s d was 0.48, 0.44, and 0.05 for VR-SCIT, TR-SCIT, and Waiting-list, respectively), metacognition (Cohen’s d was 1.66, 0.76, and 0.06 for VR-SCIT, TR-SCIT, and waiting-list, respectively), and social functioning (Cohen’s d was 1.09, 0.90, and 0.20 for VR-SCIT, TR-SCIT, and waiting-list, respectively) from baseline to post-intervention, compared to those in waiting-list group. Additionally, VR-SCIT showed an advantage over TR-SCIT in improving emotion perception and metacognition with higher treatment compliance.ConclusionThese preliminary findings indicate that VR-SCIT is a feasible and promising method for improving social cognition and social functioning in patients with schizophrenia.

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Social cognition and interaction training for major depression: A preliminary study

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

A randomized trial of group therapy for resource activation for patients with affective disorder.

A randomized trial of group therapy for resource activation for patients with affective disorder.

Efeitos de uma intervenção sócio-cognitiva (SCIT) nas cognições sociais e funcionamento social: uma revisão integrativa / Effects of a socio-cognitive intervention (SCIT) on social cognitions and social functioning: an integrative review

Virtual-reality-based social cognition and interaction training for patients with schizophrenia: A preliminary efficacy study

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