Cognitive habilitation in schizophrenia: a theoretical review and model of treatment.
Evidence has accumulated for information processing deficits in schizophrenia. The functional significance of these deficits is only beginning to be understood. There are indications that these deficits may respond to intervention. Training on deficient functions has been demonstrated to relate to improvements in performance. A treatment program of cognitive rehabilitation is deduced from the literature and induced from clinical experience. The treatment is designed to impact directly on the information processing deficits of schizophrenic patients and indirectly to ameliorate functional deficits.
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Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213.
D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology