Cognitive rehabilitation for schizophrenia: A review of recent advances

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-221

  Kurtz, Matthew M ^a,b   Nichols, Mary C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention Process Training; Cognitive remediation therapy; Cognitive strategies; Neurocognitive enhancement therapy; Positive and Negative Symptom Scale

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DELUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TASK; META ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VERBAL MEMORY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34548336386     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340007781369702     Document Type: Review

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