Cognitive remediation can improve negative symptoms and social functioning in first-episode schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial

Meta-analyses have reported that the effects of cognitive remediation might go beyond improvement in cognition to include unexpected benefits for schizophrenia patients such as negative symptom reduction and improvements in functioning. In addition, some evidence indicated that these potentially beneficial effects are also present in the initial course of schizophrenia, but work in this area is still developing.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - November 8, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Joseph Ventura, Kenneth L. Subotnik, Denise Gretchen-Doorly, Laurie Casaus, Michael Boucher, Gerhard S. Hellemann, Keith H. Nuechterlein Source Type: research