Facilitating the Delivery of Cognitive Remediation in First-Episode Psychosis: Pilot Study of a Home-Delivered Web-Based Intervention

• Published in: The journal of nervous and mental disease Vol. 207; no. 11; p. 951
• Main Authors: Moura, Bernardo Melo, Avila, Alessia, Chendo, Inês, Frade, Patrícia, Barandas, Rita, Vian, João, Croca, Marta, Roberto, Alice, Almeida, Carolina, Antunes, Filipa, Linhares, Ludgero, Crawford, Joana, Ferreira, Carla, Santos, Jennifer, Abreu, Manuela, Levy, Pedro, Figueira, Maria Luísa, Mendes, Tiago
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cognitive Remediation - methods; Cognitive Remediation - trends; Female; Humans; Internet - trends; Internet-Based Intervention - trends; Male; Neuropsychological Tests; Pilot Projects; Psychotic Disorders - diagnosis; Psychotic Disorders - psychology; Psychotic Disorders - therapy; Therapy, Computer-Assisted - methods; Therapy, Computer-Assisted - trends; Young Adult

We explored the adherence to a home-delivered, computer-based, cognitive remediation protocol in a first-episode psychosis outpatient cohort. Seventeen patients underwent a cognitive training protocol for 6 months using an online platform accessible from their home under the supervision of a qualifi...