Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/2440/6498
Type: Journal article
Title: Treating cognitive dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia
Author: Galletly, C.
Clark, C.
McFarlane, A.
Citation: Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 2000; 25(2):117-124
Publisher: Canadian Medical Association
Issue Date: 2000
ISSN: 1180-4882
1488-2434
Abstract: Cognitive dysfunction is a common, chronically disabling component of schizophrenia. It has been proposed that many of the symptoms of schizophrenia can be understood as a result of disruption of fundamental cognitive processes. This paper reviews treatment strategies aimed at improving cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia. Nonpharmacologic interventions include instruction in the performance of tasks such as the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Mixed results have been achieved, but it appears that instruction methods involving reinforcement of information held in working memory are more successful. Computer-aided remediation has also been used with variable success. Novel antipsychotic drugs appear to have an advantage over conventional antipsychotic drugs in terms of their effect on cognitive function. The development of more precisely tailored methods of remedial teaching, along with optimal pharmacologic treatment, may lead to more effective treatment of cognitive dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia.
Keywords: Humans
Cognition Disorders
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenic Psychology
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