Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia
Title
Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia
Author
Reeder, Clare
Wykes, Til
Research Area
Psychopathology
Topic
Mental Disorder Varieties
Abstract
It is well established that many people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia experience significant problems with thinking skills such as concentration, memory, comprehension of social information, reasoning, and organization. These are often experienced by the individuals themselves as debilitating and demoralizing, but crucially, they also can limit people in their capacity to achieve fundamental life goals, such as working, having fulfilling relationships and living independently, which underpin well‐being and a satisfactory quality of life. Cognitive remediation for schizophrenia is a psychological therapy that aims to improve thinking skills and consequently to benefit other more general areas of functioning and improve quality of life.