Lessons learnt? The importance of metacognition and its implications for Cognitive Remediation in schizophrenia

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cella, Matteo ^a   Reeder, Clare ^a   Wykes, Til ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

awareness; cognition; learning; metacognition; psychological therapy; recovery; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979696588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01259     Document Type: Article

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