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A Computerized Functional Skills Assessment and Training Program Targeting Technology Based Everyday Functional Skills
Published on: February 13, 2020
Meta-cognitive skills training enhances computerized cognitive remediation outcomes among individuals with
Nicholas J K Breitborde1,2,3, Cindy Woolverton2, Spencer C Dawson2
1Department of Psychiatry, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Aim:
Meta-cognitive skills training (MST) is a frequent component of cognitive remediation programmes for individuals with psychosis. However, no study has investigated whether incorporating such activities produces increased clinical benefits compared with computerized cognitive remediation alone.
Methods:
Individuals with first-episode psychosis who completed computerized cognitive remediation with concurrent meta-cognitive skills training (CCR + MST) were compared with a historical control group who received computerized cognitive remediation alone (CCR) and did not differ from the CCR + MST group with regard to pre-intervention cognition, diagnosis, age, duration of psychotic illness or sex. Participants completed assessments of cognition and real-world functioning before and after 6 months of treatment.
Results:
Individual receiving CCR + MST experience greater gains in cognition and real-world functioning than individuals who received CCR.
Conclusions:
MST may be an important component within cognitive remediation programmes for first-episode psychosis.
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