Cognitive remediation for schizophrenia: Current status, biological correlates and predictors of response

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 813-821

  Kurtz, Matthew M ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; cognitive remediation; functioning; outcome; psychological treatments; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REMEDIATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EFFECT SIZE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTEGRATED PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY; LEARNING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTIVATION; NEUROCOGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT THERAPY; NEUROIMAGING; POSITSCIENCE BRAIN FITNESS PROGRAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84864581368     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.12.71     Document Type: Review

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