Comprehensive treatments for social cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: A critical review and effect-size analysis of controlled studies

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-89

  Kurtz, Matthew M ^a,b   Gagen, Emily ^c   Rocha, Nuno B F ^d   Machado, Sergio ^e,f   Penn, David L ^c,g  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^g AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect recognition; Psychosocial treatments; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRILL AND PRACTICE; EFFECT SIZE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITIVE DEFICIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORY OF MIND; TRAINING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84954360517     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.09.003     Document Type: Review

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