Social skills and neurocognitive individualized training in schizophrenia: Comparison with structured leisure activities

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-315

  Galderisi, Silvana ^a   Piegari, Giuseppe ^a   Mucci, Armida ^a   Acerra, Antonio ^b   Luciano, Lucio ^c   Rabasca, Anna F ^b   Santucci, Francesco ^c   Valente, Angela ^c   Volpe, Maurizio ^c   Mastantuono, Pasquale ^c   Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b ASL AV1   (Italy)

^c ASL BN1   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer assisted cognitive rehabilitation; Functional outcome; Individualized training; Social skills training; SSANIT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZATION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SKILLS AND NEUROCOGNITIVE INDIVIDUALIZED TRAINING; TRAINING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955856023     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-009-0078-1     Document Type: Article

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