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Trial reportPsychiatric rehabilitation journal2017

Supplementing intensive targeted computerized cognitive training with social cognitive exercises for people with schizophrenia: An interim report.

Melissa Fisher, Mor Nahum, Elizabeth Howard, Abby Rowlands, Benjamin Brandrett, Amy Kermott, Joshua Woolley, Sophia Vinogradov

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Psychiatric rehabilitation journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  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. Video games for people with schizophrenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa FisherDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota.
Mor NahumPosit Science Inc.
Elizabeth HowardDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco.
Abby RowlandsDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco.
Benjamin BrandrettDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco.
Amy KermottDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco.
Joshua WoolleyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco.
Sophia VinogradovDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota.
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Optimizing Cognitive Remediation Outcomes in SchizophreniaR01MH082818 · NIMH · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI VINOGRADOV, SOPHIA · 2009 to 2013
$2.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH082818
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIndividuals with schizophrenia demonstrate cognitive, social cognitive, and motivational deficits that contribute to impairment in real-world functioning. In the current study, we investigated the effects of supplementing computerized neurocognitive training with social cognitive exercises, as compared with neurocognitive training alone.

methodIn this ongoing, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of 111 participants with psychosis, we compare the effects of supplementing intensive targeted cognitive training with social cognitive training exercises (TCT + SCT) with the effects of targeted cognitive training alone (TCT-only). Participants were assessed on cognition, symptoms, functional capacity, and functional outcomes, as well as social cognition and measures related to reward processing.

resultsBoth treatment groups showed significant improvement in multiple cognitive domains and improvement in functional capacity. However, as predicted, TCT + SCT group participants showed significant improvement in prosody identification and reward processing relative to TCT-only participants. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Our findings indicate that supplementing intensive computerized cognitive training with social cognitive exercises in people with psychosis confers greater benefits in prosody identification and reward processing relative to cognitive training alone, even though both approaches drive significant improvements in cognition and functional capacity. Impairments in both prosody identification and reward processing have been associated with greater negative symptoms and poorer functional outcomes in schizophrenia, raising the possibility that this form of treatment may lead to better long-term outcomes than traditional cognitive training approaches. Follow-up assessments will determine whether results are durable and generalize over time to improvements in symptoms and functioning. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Social PerceptionAdultCognitive RemediationDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaTherapy, Computer-AssistedTreatment Outcome

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PMID28368179
PMCPMC5380146
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