Cognitive training in mental disorders: Update and future directions

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 510-522

  Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a,b,c,d   Vinogradov, Sophia ^a,b,c,d   Rumsey, Judith ^a,b,c,d   Sherrill, Joel ^a,b,c,d   Wagner, Ann ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d Division of Services and Intervention Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION; STUDY DESIGN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899733397     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13081075     Document Type: Review

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