Social impairment in schizophrenia: New approaches for treating a persistent problem

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 236-242

  Dodell Feder, David ^a   Tully, Laura M ^a   Hooker, Christine I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive training; neuroplasticity; schizophrenia; social cognition; social functioning

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFLICT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WORKING MEMORY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84926309530     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000154     Document Type: Review

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