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First Article
Kazuhiko Iwata, Sayaka Sato, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Shunichi Furukawa (2017, February 9),
Osaka, Japan; Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation Using Computer Software With Individuals
Living With Schizophrenia Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (Vol. 40, No. 1, 4-11)
Participants used in the study
The main participants used in this study are the diagnosis of schizophrenia, based on the
ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for research (World Health Organization, 1990) aged between 20 and
50 years of age, outpatients of psychiatric medical facilities who were willing and capable to
give consent in this study, clients not receiving old and Conventional antipsychotics as their
primary medication and lastly clients who had hope to work in their the real world setting, and
have not worked yet during participation of the study.
These participants were recruited from referrals where they attended psychiatrist’s
medical services. All almost all the participants were attending medical day treatments services
where social skills training, psycho education for patients (teaching information about
Schizophrenia in an interactive way), community meetings, individual work therapy, and group
activities such as recreation, sports, and cooking were provided for 6 hr/day, 5 days per week.
Clients can choose to attend these programs after discussion with their care-manager, and the
total number of hours they attended depended on individual preferences and conditions. These
learning-based rehabilitation programs are popular in Japan. Efforts were made to avoid
changing clients’ pharmacological treatment during the study unless it was clinically necessary.
Methods Used
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This study examined whether cognitive remediation is effective in improving both
Cognitive and social functions in schizophrenia in outpatient settings that provide learning-based
psychiatric. This study is the first randomized controlled trial of cognitive remediation in Japan.
Study participants were individuals with schizophrenia from 6 outpatient psychiatric medical
facilities who were randomly assigned either a cognitive remediation program or treatment as
usual. The cognitive remediation intervention includes Cognitive training using computer
software (CogPack; Japanese version) administered twice a week and a weekly group over 12
weeks and was based on the Thinking Skills for Work program were randomly assigned either a
cognitive remediation program or treatment as usual. The cognitive remediation intervention
includes Cognitive training using computer software (CogPack; Japanese version) administered
twice a week and a weekly group over 12 weeks and was based on the Thinking Skills for work
program.
Summary
This study involves providing cognitive remediation in addition to the usual treatment involving
psychiatric rehabilitation approaches such as social skills training and other learning-based
rehabilitation programs associated with greater improvement in cognitive functioning, social
functioning and psychiatric symptoms in people with Schizophrenia.
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Second Article
Christina Josefa Herold, Lena Anna Schmid, Marc Montgomery Lässer, Ulrich Seid, and
Johannes Schröder (2005), Heidelberg, Germany, Cognitive Performance in Patients
with Chronic Schizophrenia Across the Life span Cognitive Performance in Patients with
Chronic Schizophrenia Across the Lifespan, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal.
Participants in the Study
Cognitive and functional losses occur with normal...
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