Is metacognitive training for psychosis effective?

Metacognitive Therapy in Treatment-Resistant Psychosis

Background: More effective psychological treatments for psychosis are required. Case series data and pilot trials suggest metacognitive therapy (MCT) is a promising treatment for anxiety and depression. Other research has found negative metacognitive beliefs and thought-control strategies may be involved in the development and maintenance of hallucinations and delusions. The potential of MCT in...

Metacognitive Therapy in Treatment-Resistant Psychosis

When is Self-Training Effective for Parsing?

Self-training has been shown capable of improving on state-of-the-art parser performance (McClosky et al., 2006) despite the conventional wisdom on the matter and several studies to the contrary (Charniak, 1997; Steedman et al., 2003). However, it has remained unclear when and why selftraining is helpful. In this paper, we test four hypotheses (namely, presence of a phase transition, impact of ...

Is training effective for older workers?

Training older workers might benefit individuals, employers, and society as a whole. Research on learning in older adults indicates that they are able to acquire new skills. Studies on the effectiveness of training on the employability and productivity of older workers find positive effects. Training can avoid skill obsolescence and respond to the growing importance of technology-based occupati...

Training Metacognitive Skills for Situation Assessment

A model of situation assessment is proposed that integrates processes of recognition and metacognition. The model consists of memory structures that represent what is believed, value/action structures that represent the values placed on those beliefs, and metacognitive processes used to test, critique, and correct situation comprehension. Training implications are derived from the model, and an...