Psychosis, Schizophrenia
Conditions
Keywords
schizophrenia, treatment, social cognition
Brief summary
The primary aim of this proposal is to develop, refine, manualize and assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a brief, narrowly-focused social cognitive intervention for individuals with psychosis. The intervention will focus on helping individuals interpret social situations, specifically the intentions and feelings of others. Study methods include preliminary treatment and manual development based on series of uncontrolled cases, manual refinement, and a small feasibility/efficacy trial of the newly developed intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALsocial cognitive training
social cognitive training, 8-10 sessions
Sponsors
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Yale University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Diagnosis of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder * Age between 18 and 55 * Psychiatrically stable * Clinician agrees to individual's participation in study * English as primary language
Exclusion criteria
* current (past 30 days) symptoms of alcohol abuse/dependence * developmental disability * severe auditory/visual impairment or known neurological disorder * participant has a legal conservator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| social cognition | change from baseline to approximately 6 weeks | AIHQ Eyes Task Hinting Task IPSAQ |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed