title: Cognitive remediation therapy for mood disorders: rationale, early evidence, and future directions.
abstract: People with mood disorders experience cognitive impairments that are predictive of functional disability. Cognitive remediation (CR) is an empirically validated intervention that is designed to remediate neurocognitive deficits and improve functioning. Although much of the focus of this treatment during the last decade has centred on attention deficit disorders, brain injury, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders, emerging evidence suggests that CR is an effective intervention for mood disorders and that these treatment effects translate into improvements in cognitive performance and possibly functioning. Our review aims to examine the profile and magnitude of cognitive impairments in mood disorders, review the evidence in support of CR for this population, and discuss future research directions in CR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. bowiec@queensu.ca
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bowie
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holshausen
mesh_terms: D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001288:Attention; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D056344:Executive Function; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D012984:Software; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: bipolar disorder; cognition; cognitive remediation; cognitive-behavioural therapy; depression; functional outcome; mood disorders; psychosocial treatment