title: Implementing cognitive remediation therapy: lessons from two public mental health services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Neurocognitive deficits are a core symptom domain of schizophrenia, occurring in 75-90% of people with this diagnosis and influencing long term functional outcomes. This article aims to describe the pilot implementation of cognitive remediation therapy in two large public mental health services and detail changes made to the delivery of this therapy after this trial.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cognitive remediation therapy provides an evidence-based approach to targeting cognitive deficits but the translation of this therapy from a research setting to clinical practice has not been well evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Therapist, Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team, Metro South Health Service District and Queensland University of Technology, School of Public Health and Social Work, Buranda, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cairns
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dark
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: cognitive remediation therapy; implementation; neurocognition; schizophrenia