Cognitive remediation therapy for mood disorders: Rationale, early evidence, and future directions

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 319-325

  Bowie, Christopher R ^a   Gupta, Maya ^a   Holshausen, Katherine ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cognition; Cognitive remediation; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Depression; Functional outcome; Mood disorders; Psychosocial treatment

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84879633019     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371305800603     Document Type: Review

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