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ArticleJournal of the Society for Social Work and Research2018

Using Cognitive Neuroscience to Improve Mental Health Treatment: A Comprehensive Review.

Jessica A Wojtalik, Shaun M Eack, Matthew J Smith, Matcheri S Keshavan

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Article in Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 54% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica A WojtalikDoctoral candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work.
Shaun M EackProfessor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry.
Matthew J SmithAssociate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.
Matcheri S KeshavanProfessor in the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry.
University of Pittsburgh · USHarvard University · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Cognitive Enhancement Therapy for Adult Autism Spectrum DisorderR01MH106450 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI EACK, SHAUN M · 2015 to 2019
$3.2M
Brain Imaging, Cognitive Enhancement and Early SchizophreniaR01MH092440 · NIMH · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KESHAVAN, MATCHERI S. · 2012 to 2016
$3.1M
Functional Significance of Structural Brain Change During Cognitive Remediation in Early SchizophreniaF31MH113277 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WOJTALIK, JESSICA · 2017 to 2019
$61k
NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH113277NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH092440NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH106450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mental health interventions do not yet offer complete, client-defined functional recovery, and novel directions in treatment research are needed to improve the efficacy of available interventions. One promising direction is the integration of social work and cognitive neuroscience methods, which provides new opportunities for clinical intervention research that will guide development of more effective mental health treatments that holistically attend to the biological, social, and environmental contributors to disability and recovery. This article reviews emerging trends in cognitive neuroscience and provides examples of how these advances can be used by social workers and allied professions to improve mental health treatment. We discuss neuroplasticity, which is the dynamic and malleable nature of the brain. We also review the use of risk and resiliency biomarkers and novel treatment targets based on neuroimaging findings to prevent disability, personalize treatment, and make interventions more targeted and effective. The potential of treatment research to contribute to neuroscience discoveries regarding brain change is considered from the experimental-medicine approach adopted by the National Institute of Mental Health. Finally, we provide resources and recommendations to facilitate the integration of cognitive neuroscience into mental health research in social work.

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cognitive neurosciencemental health treatmentneuroimagingneuroplasticitypsychosocial treatment

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PMID30505392
PMCPMC6258037
OpenAlexW2802132060

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