Nicholas J K Breitborde1,2,3, Cindy Woolverton2, Spencer C Dawson2, Andrew Bismark4, Emily K Bell1, Christina J Bathgate5, Kaila Norman6. 1. Department of Psychiatry, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. 2. Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. 3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 4. VISN-22 Mental Illness, Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California, USA. 5. Department of Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA. 6. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Abstract
AIM: Meta-cognitive skills training (MST) is a frequent component of cognitive remediation programmes for individuals with psychosis. However, no study has investigated whether incorporating such activities produces increased clinical benefits compared with computerized cognitive remediation alone. METHODS: Individuals with first-episode psychosis who completed computerized cognitive remediation with concurrent meta-cognitive skills training (CCR + MST) were compared with a historical control group who received computerized cognitive remediation alone (CCR) and did not differ from the CCR + MST group with regard to pre-intervention cognition, diagnosis, age, duration of psychotic illness or sex. Participants completed assessments of cognition and real-world functioning before and after 6 months of treatment. RESULTS: Individual receiving CCR + MST experience greater gains in cognition and real-world functioning than individuals who received CCR. CONCLUSIONS: MST may be an important component within cognitive remediation programmes for first-episode psychosis.
AIM: Meta-cognitive skills training (MST) is a frequent component of cognitive remediation programmes for individuals with psychosis. However, no study has investigated whether incorporating such activities produces increased clinical benefits compared with computerized cognitive remediation alone. METHODS: Individuals with first-episode psychosis who completed computerized cognitive remediation with concurrent meta-cognitive skills training (CCR + MST) were compared with a historical control group who received computerized cognitive remediation alone (CCR) and did not differ from the CCR + MST group with regard to pre-intervention cognition, diagnosis, age, duration of psychotic illness or sex. Participants completed assessments of cognition and real-world functioning before and after 6 months of treatment. RESULTS: Individual receiving CCR + MST experience greater gains in cognition and real-world functioning than individuals who received CCR. CONCLUSIONS: MST may be an important component within cognitive remediation programmes for first-episode psychosis.
Authors: Nicholas J K Breitborde; Emily K Bell; David Dawley; Cindy Woolverton; Alan Ceaser; Allison C Waters; Spencer C Dawson; Andrew W Bismark; Angelina J Polsinelli; Lisa Bartolomeo; Jessica Simmons; Beth Bernstein; Patricia Harrison-Monroe Journal: BMC Psychiatry Date: 2015-10-28 Impact factor: 3.630
Authors: Nicholas J K Breitborde; Hossam Guirgis; Walter Stearns; Kristen M Carpenter; Ghada Lteif; Jacob G Pine; Nichole Storey; Heather Wastler; Aubrey M Moe Journal: BMJ Open Date: 2020-01-27 Impact factor: 2.692
Authors: Nicholas J K Breitborde; Brittney Keller-Hamilton; Aubrey M Moe; Jacob G Pine; Nicholas Nelson; David Weiss; Tory Hogan; Amanda Quisenberry; Andreas Teferra; Amy K Ferketich Journal: J Smok Cessat Date: 2021-07-27