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| Matthew M KurtzSummaryAffiliation: Wesleyan University Country: USA Publications
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Development of an abbreviated schizophrenia quality of life scale using a new methodWarren B Bilker
Schizophrenia Research Center, Neuropsychiatry Section, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 28:773-7. 2003..This reduces the effort associated with scale administration and is likely to increase the assessment of an important functional domain. Such models can guide efforts for item reduction in other rating instruments...
A virtual reality apartment as a measure of medication management skills in patients with schizophrenia: a pilot studyMatthew M Kurtz
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program, Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Schizophr Bull 33:1162-70. 2007..This is the first study, to our knowledge, to provide evidence for the utility of VR technology in the assessment of instrumental role functioning in patients with schizophrenia...- Computer-assisted cognitive remediation in schizophrenia: what is the active ingredient?Matthew M Kurtz
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation and Resource Center, Institute of Living, Hartford, CT, United States
Schizophr Res 89:251-60. 2007.... - Elementary neurocognitive function, learning potential and everyday life skills in schizophrenia: what is their relationship?Matthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Schizophr Res 116:280-8. 2010..Taken together, these findings raise questions as to the explanatory value of measures of learning potential as predictors of functional status in schizophrenia... 
Self-efficacy and functional status in schizophrenia: relationship to insight, cognition and negative symptomsMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Quantitative Analysis Center and Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Wesleyan University, Middletown, 06459, USA
Schizophr Res 145:69-74. 2013..These findings emphasize the importance of including illness insight in models of the role of self-efficacy in functioning in schizophrenia...- Cognitive and social cognitive predictors of change in objective versus subjective quality-of-life in rehabilitation for schizophreniaMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Quantitative Analysis Center and Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Psychiatry Res 200:102-7. 2012..The implications of these findings for understanding interrelationships between cognition and social cognition and their role in predicting change in different domains of outcome as a function of behavioral treatment are discussed... - Social cognitive training for schizophrenia: a meta-analytic investigation of controlled researchMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Schizophr Bull 38:1092-104. 2012..78). Effects of social cognitive training programs on positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia were nonsignificant. Moderating variables and implications for future research and treatment development are discussed... - Cognitive remediation for schizophrenia: current status, biological correlates and predictors of responseMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Wesleyan University, Judd Hall, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 12:813-21. 2012..Lastly, findings from studies of neuroimaging indicate that CR is accompanied by structural and functional neural changes in key frontal and temporal brain regions... - A meta-analysis of controlled research on social skills training for schizophreniaMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:491-504. 2008..52) and negative symptoms (d = 0.40), and small mean effect sizes for other symptoms (d = 0.15) and relapse (d = 0.23). These results support the efficacy of social skills training for improving psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia... - Predictors of change in life skills in schizophrenia after cognitive remediationMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Judd Hall, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, United States
Schizophr Res 107:267-74. 2009..These findings emphasize the importance of sustained auditory attention and working memory for benefiting from extended programs of cognitive remediation... - A meta-analytic investigation of neurocognitive deficits in bipolar illness: profile and effects of clinical stateMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Neuropsychology 23:551-62. 2009..These results also show that a subset of these deficits moderately worsen during acute disease states... - Predictors of participation in community outpatient psychosocial rehabilitation in schizophreniaMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Community Ment Health J 47:622-7. 2011..In a final multivariate model, younger age, and lower verbal fluency scores in clients with a history of a high number of hospitalizations predicted a greater likelihood of drop-out. The implications of these findings are discussed... - Neurocognition, insight into illness and subjective quality-of-life in schizophrenia: what is their relationship?Matthew M Kurtz
Wesleyan University, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Middletown, CT 06549, United States
Schizophr Res 127:157-62. 2011..Taken together, these findings suggest that neurocognition and insight into illness have inverse relationships to SQOL and that elementary neurocognition does not influence SQOL through its link with illness insight... - Neurocognition as a predictor of response to evidence-based psychosocial interventions in schizophrenia: what is the state of the evidence?Matthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, United States
Clin Psychol Rev 31:663-72. 2011..The relevance of these findings for clinical practice and future research is discussed... - Crystallized verbal skills in schizophrenia: relationship to neurocognition, symptoms, and functional statusMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Neuropsychology 25:784-91. 2011..e., ≥ 90th percentile), average (11th-89th percentile) or extremely low (i.e., ≤ 10th percentile) crystallized verbal skills to neurocognitive profiles, symptoms and everyday life function in schizophrenia... - Symptoms versus neurocognition as predictors of change in life skills in schizophrenia after outpatient rehabilitationMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Schizophr Res 102:303-11. 2008..These findings emphasize the importance of verbal learning for benefiting from psychosocial and cognitive rehabilitation interventions, and suggest the development of alternative rehabilitation strategies for those who do not benefit... - Differences in performance and learning proficiency on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in schizophrenia: do they reflect distinct neurocognitive subtypes with distinct functional profiles?Matthew M Kurtz
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program and Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Schizophr Res 81:167-71. 2006..The intact WCST subgroup had greater functional capacity than either "strong" or "poor" learners. These subtypes may have implications for response to behavioral treatment interventions... - Elementary neurocognitive function, facial affect recognition and social-skills in schizophreniaMelissa B Meyer
Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT 06117, United States
Schizophr Res 110:173-9. 2009..These findings may help guide the development and refinement of cognitive and social-cognitive remediation methods for social-skill impairment... - Symptoms versus neurocognitive skills as correlates of everyday functioning in severe mental illnessMatthew M Kurtz
Institute of Living, Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program, Yale School of Medicine, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Expert Rev Neurother 6:47-56. 2006..The implications of these findings for guiding future research are discussed... - Symptoms versus neurocognitive test performance as predictors of psychosocial status in schizophrenia: a 1- and 4-year prospective studyMatthew M Kurtz
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program, Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Schizophr Bull 31:167-74. 2005..The significance of these findings for the development and assessment of novel treatment interventions for schizophrenia is discussed... - Neuropsychological functioning in hoarding disorderDavid F Tolin
The Institute of Living, Hartford, CT, USA
Psychiatry Res 189:413-8. 2011..22). Results are discussed in terms of emerging conceptualizations of HD as a distinct illness... - Neurocognitive function in schizophrenia at a 10-year follow-up: a preliminary investigationMatthew M Kurtz
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program, Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
CNS Spectr 10:277-80. 2005..The goal of the study was to evaluate changes in full-scale intelligence quotient and neurocognitive test performance over a 10-year interval in patients with schizophrenia... - Neurocognitive predictors of objective and subjective quality of life in individuals with schizophrenia: a meta-analytic investigationArielle W Tolman
Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Wesleyan University, Judd Hall, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06549, USA
Schizophr Bull 38:304-15. 2012..Moderating variables and implications for future research and treatment development are discussed... - The Penn Conditional Exclusion Test (PCET): relationship to the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and work function in patients with schizophreniaMatthew M Kurtz
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program and Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Schizophr Res 68:95-102. 2004..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... - Neurocognitive impairment across the lifespan in schizophrenia: an updateMatthew M Kurtz
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program, Institute of Living, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Schizophr Res 74:15-26. 2005.... - Virtual reality assessment of medication compliance in patients with schizophreniaElizabeth K Baker
Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut 06106, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 9:224-9. 2006..Correlations between the data may suggest a convergent validity for this new VR task. Future research will investigate the validity of this task in predicting additional measures of psychosocial functioning... - Neurocognitive rehabilitation for schizophreniaMatthew M Kurtz
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program, Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, USA
Curr Psychiatry Rep 5:303-10. 2003..A variety of approaches for future research are also discussed... - Driving simulator performance in schizophreniaSarah A St Germain
Schizophr Res 74:121-2. 2005 - The Penn Conditional Exclusion Test: a new measure of executive-function with alternate forms of repeat administrationMatthew M Kurtz
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 19:191-201. 2004..Divergent validity was established through low, nonsignificant correlations between the PCET and measures of facial emotion recognition, word and face memory, visuospatial function, and verbal reasoning...