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Compensatory Cognitive Training for psychosis: Effects on negative symptom subdomains
Zanjbeel Mahmood1, Jillian M R Clark2, Elizabeth W Twamley3
1SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, United States of America.
Abstract:
Research identifying the effects of cognitive training on negative symptoms of psychosis is limited. We examined the effects of Compensatory Cognitive Training (CCT) on expressive deficits and social amotivation in a randomized controlled trial comparing CCT to standard pharmacotherapy alone in 43 individuals with psychosis. ANCOVA analyses demonstrated significant CCT-associated effects on both expressive deficits and social amotivation. Moreover, improvements in both sub-domains were associated with improvements in global life satisfaction, with improvements in social amotivation also related to increased social contact. CCT appears to be a beneficial treatment approach for improving multiple aspects of negative symptoms.
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