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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2007 Nov;96(1-3):156-61.
doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.07.003. Epub 2007 Jul 31.

Improved cognitive function in schizophrenia after one year of cognitive training and vocational services

Tamasine C Greig  1 , Wayne Zito, Bruce E Wexler, Joanna Fiszdon, Morris D Bell
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Improved cognitive function in schizophrenia after one year of cognitive training and vocational services

Tamasine C Greig et al. Schizophr Res. 2007 Nov.

Abstract

A year-long program of Neurocognitive Enhancement Therapy (NET) was used to remediate cognitive deficits in people with schizophrenia who were participating in a vocational program. Seventy-two stable outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, recruited from an urban community mental health center were randomly assigned to a twelve-month vocational program (VOC) or NET+VOC. The vocational program had characteristics of individual placement and support (IPS) programs but also included transitional funding. NET included computer-based cognitive training exercises, a social information processing group and a work feedback group. Sixty-two participants completed a neuropsychological test battery before and after treatment. After one year of treatment, participants receiving NET+VOC had significantly greater improvements on measures of executive function and working memory than did participants in the VOC only condition. Augmenting vocational services with a multifaceted cognitive remediation program may improve cognition in participants with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.

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