Social Cognitive Training for Psychosis: Treatment Development

Yale University77 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Schizophrenia Psychosis

Interventions

social cognitive trainingBEHAVIORAL

social cognitive training, 8-10 sessions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 55 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

VA Connecticut Healthcare System

West Haven, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

social cognition

AIHQ Eyes Task Hinting Task IPSAQ

Time frame: change from baseline to approximately 6 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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