Remediation of attention deficits in chronic schizophrenic patients: a preliminary study.
This study investigated the utility of cognitive retraining procedures in the treatment of schizophrenia. Twenty in-patients were matched on reaction time and assigned to one of three groups: experimental-treatment, attention-placebo and no-treatment control. Subjects participating in the experimental attention-training programme exhibited significantly greater reaction-time improvement than controls. The data suggest that practice on cognitive tasks can improve the attentional performance of chronic schizophrenic patients.
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Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287.
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D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D011930:Reaction Time; D012073:Remedial Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology