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Trial reportSchizophrenia bulletin2013

Improving social cognition in schizophrenia: a pilot intervention combining computerized social cognition training with cognitive remediation.

Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer, Susan R McGurk, Anzalee Khan, Saurabh Kaushik, Amod Thanju, Lisa Hoffman, Gladys Valdez, Deborah Wance, Edith Herrmann

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Schizophrenia bulletin, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 57 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03865186 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

An Evaluation of a Psychoeducation Program for Emotion Identification and Expression in Individuals Diagnosed With Schizophrenia

TypeinterventionalSponsorKırıkkale UniversityRan2015 to 2016Enrolled42ConditionsSchizophreniaArmsPsychoeducation Program, no intervention
NCT05130853 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Social Cognition Individualized Activities Lab (SoCIAL) for the Training of Social Cognition and Narrative Enhancement in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Study to Assess Efficacy and Generalization to Real-life Functioning

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Campania Luigi VanvitelliRan2021 to 2022Enrolled48ConditionsSchizophrenia, Schizo Affective DisorderArmsSocial Skills and Neurocognitive Individualized Training (SoCIAL), Treatmment-as-usual
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Mend the Gap: Online User-Led Adjuvant Treatment for Psychosis: A Systematic Review on Recent Findings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jean-Pierre LindenmayerPsychopharmacology Research Department, Manhattan Psychiatric Center, 600 E 125 St, Ward's Island, NY 10035, USA. Lindenmayer@nki.rfmh.org
Susan R McGurk
Anzalee Khan
Saurabh Kaushik
Amod Thanju
Lisa Hoffman
Gladys Valdez
Deborah Wance
Edith Herrmann

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSocial cognition is significantly impaired in schizophrenia and contributes to poor community functioning. This study examined whether cognitive remediation (CR; COGPACK), shown to improve neurocognition, improves an integral component of social cognition, emotion perception, compared with CR combined with a computerized Emotion Perception intervention (Mind Reading: Interactive Guide to Emotions [MRIGE]).

methods59 stable schizophrenia or schizoaffective predominantly inpatients were randomized to either CR (N=27) alone or CR+MRIGE (N=32) for 12 weeks. Assessments included the Facial Emotion Identification Task (FEIT), Facial Emotion Discrimination Task (FEDT), MCCB-MATRICS, Personal and Social Performance Scale, and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale.

resultsThere was a significant group-by-time effect on FEIT (F=11.509, P=.004); CR+MRIGE demonstrated significantly greater improvement than CR alone (CR+MRIGE, Z=1.89, P=.05; CR alone Z=0.57, P=.13). There was significant group-by-time effect on FEDT (F=5.663, P=.022); CR+MRIGE demonstrated significantly greater improvement than CR alone (CR+MRIGE, Z=1.90, P=.05; CR alone Z=0.67, P=.21). There was also a significant group by time effect for social cognition, measured by the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (F=5.473, P=.050): CR+MRIGE demonstrated significantly greater improvement than CR alone (CR+MRIGE, Z=1.98, P=.02; CR alone, Z=1.00, P=.05).

conclusionsCombined CR with emotion perception remediation produced greater improvements in emotion recognition, emotion discrimination, social functioning, and neurocognition compared with CR alone in chronic schizophrenia.

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Schizophrenic PsychologySocial BehaviorSocial PerceptionAdultCognition DisordersEmotionsFacial ExpressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsRecognition, PsychologySchizophreniaTheory of MindTherapy, Computer-Assisted

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PMID23125396
PMCPMC3627756

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