M D Bell

..These findings link cognitive impairment to disability and suggest that remediating or accommodating such deficits may be necessary for successful rehabilitation...

..The present study aimed to determine whether NET could enhance functional outcomes among schizophrenia and schizoaffective patients in a community mental health center receiving community-based vocational services...

..To determine whether augmenting work therapy (WT) with neurocognitive enhancement therapy (NET) yields greater improvement in working memory performance than WT alone and whether there is an interaction with severity of impairment...

..In this study, we determined whether neurocognitive enhancement therapy (NET) in combination with work therapy (WT) would improve performance on neuropsychological tests related to but different from the training tasks...

..MANOVAs indicated significant differences among clusters. These differences provided further interpretations of cluster membership. Implications for the use of BORRTI profiles for treatment and rehabilitation planning are discussed...

..Those in the preserved and deteriorated intellectual groups were more successful in generalizing their training...

..The objective was to investigate the impact of a verbal memory training task on psychiatric symptoms and cognition in schizophrenia...

..Findings suggest that in addition to cognitive factors, motivational and training variables also significantly affect remediation outcomes...

..Results failed to support a lawful relationship between change in negative symptoms and neurocognition. These findings suggest that negative symptoms and neurocognition should be viewed as relatively independent targets for intervention...

..Results provide initial evidence of the effectiveness of the IVIP...

..Results indicate that work outcomes were enhanced by NET training. Effects were greatest for NET responders. Findings support the efficacy of cognitive training when it is integrated into broader rehabilitation programs...

..Implications for rehabilitation are discussed...

..Explicit semantic clustering training was associated with increases in the use of the trained strategy...

..Results provide limited support for a taxonomic distinction between the two disorders...

..Results suggest that these clients require more specialist contact because of failure to adequately engage natural supports at work...

..Augmenting vocational services with a multifaceted cognitive remediation program may improve cognition in participants with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder...

..This study explored the relationship between cognitive impairments and their impact on rate of symptom improvement in a 26 week work therapy program...

..Instead, the goal is to provide the rationale for the progression of our studies, describe the methods, and summarize the results, so that readers may understand, critique, and improve upon what we have done...

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..Implications for understanding the etiology of lack of awareness in schizophrenia are discussed...

..The implications of these clinical correlates of obsessive-compulsive phenomena in schizophrenia spectrum disorders are discussed...

..Remediating or accommodating such deficits in a time-sensitive fashion may be a necessary feature for successful rehabilitation...

..Contrary to previous reports, ToM was not related to measures of paranoia...

..There were no significant group differences on the word serial position task at any time point. Results indicate that computerized training can lead to sustained improvements on some, but not all, training tasks...

..These results provide the first evidence of criterion-related validity for the PCET and are part of a growing literature suggesting a relationship between performance on measures of executive function and work skills...

..Higher levels of extroversion were related to greater social support seeking. Implications for understanding the genesis of psychosocial dysfunction and for the development of rehabilitative interventions are discussed...

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..For this paper, we explain the development of the treatment manual and the group and individual interventions and present case examples that illustrate how persons with severe mental illness might utilize the manualized intervention...

..Results suggest assessments of these domains of neurocognition may provide important information about individual needs for adjunct services...

..Following a detailed description of our program, we offer initial support for the efficacy of this type of approach in both improving cognitive function as well as leading to better functional outcomes...