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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Effectiveness of the Cognitive Differentiation Program of the Integrated Psychological Therapy
María José SolerPilar TomásInma FuentesVolker RoderCarmen DasíJuan Carlos Ruizsubject
AdultMalePsychological therapyPilot ProjectsNeuropsychological Testslaw.inventionRandomized controlled triallawmedicineHumansSingle-Blind MethodSocial functioningCognitive Behavioral TherapyNeuropsychologyCognitionMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasePsychiatry and Mental healthTreatment OutcomeCognitive remediation therapySchizophreniaPsychotherapy GroupFemaleCognition DisordersPsychologyEveryday memoryClinical psychologydescription
The aim of the current pilot study was to compare two strategies in the application of the cognitive differentiation program of Integrated Psychological Therapy for people with schizophrenia. Twenty-six outpatients were randomly assigned to the application of the program in group sessions (CDg), or to its application in individualized sessions (CDi). The program provides cognitive exercises to promote better performance in cognition, and both groups of participants completed the same number of exercises following the same number of sessions per week. Outcomes were assessed on neuropsychological measures of attention, executive functioning and everyday memory, and everyday functioning. Effect sizes showed the absence of effects in everyday memory and social functioning, higher improvements in the CDi group in attention, and a higher improvement in the CDg condition in executive functioning. The results suggest that the program application model could be individualized, depending on patient-specific cognitive deficits.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12-01 | Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease |