Social cognition training as an intervention for improving functional outcome in first-episode psychosis: A feasibility study

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 421-426

  Bartholomeusz, Cali F ^a   Allott, Kelly ^b   Killackey, Eoin ^b   Liu, Ping ^a   Wood, Stephen J ^a,c   Thompson, Andrew ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First episode psychosis; Functional outcome; Intervention; Psychosocial rehabilitation; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; EMOTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTIONING ASSESSMENT SCALE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITION AND INTERACTION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FIRST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME; INTERVENTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; SOCIAL COGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886750553     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eip.12036     Document Type: Article

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