Schizophrenia Research
Volume 59, Issue 2 , Pages 225-232, 1 February 2003

Computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation reduces negative symptoms in the severely mentally ill

  • Dona M Bellucci

      Affiliations

    • CPC Behavioral Healthcare, High Point Center Way, Morganville, NJ 07751, USA
    • ,
  • Kathryn Glaberman

      Affiliations

    • CPC Behavioral Healthcare, High Point Center Way, Morganville, NJ 07751, USA
    • ,
  • Nick Haslam

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia.
    • Department of Psychology, New School University, 65 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003, USA

Received 10 August 2001; received in revised form 26 November 2001; accepted 29 November 2001.

Abstract 

Thirty-four-day treatment program clients diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were randomly assigned to a computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation (CACR) group or a wait-list Control group. CACR clients received 16 CACR sessions over an 8-week period. Measures of cognitive functioning, negative symptoms and self-esteem were administered at the beginning and end of this period. CACR clients showed greater improvement in cognitive functioning (verbal memory and attention) and negative symptoms. Symptom reduction was not mediated by raised self-esteem. CACR's effects may go beyond cognitive remediation to include some of the most disabling and refractory clinical features of schizophrenia.

Keywords:  Schizophrenia, Negative symptoms, Cognitive rehabilitation

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PII: S0920-9964(01)00402-9

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 59, Issue 2 , Pages 225-232, 1 February 2003

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