This study reviews the main rehabilitation programs that have been developed to improve cognitive functioning in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia: it describes their main components and procedures and highlights the most relevant outcomes of each one. Additionally, it highlights which lead to subsequent improvement in social functioning. Cognitive rehabilitation is now being commonly inclu...

OBJECTIVES Prevention of job loss is an essential objective of cardiovascular rehabilitation. However, comprehensive and economic diagnostic instruments on work limitations are missing. The present study describes development of short form questionnaires from 2 domains of the WCIB-Cardio item banks for the assessment of work capacity in cardiovascular rehabilitation patients. MATERIALS AND ME...

Objective: To assess the effects of an intensive, multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for patients with early to mid-stage Huntington’s disease. Design: A prospective intervention study. Setting: Two Norwegian inpatient rehabilitation centers. Subjects: 37 patients, with earlyto midstage Huntington’s disease Interventions: A one year rehabilitation program, consisting of three admissions o...

1. Please, change the sentence in the Introduction “Similarly, a review by Clare and Woods reported no significant effects of cognitive trainings, although the cognitive rehabilitation approach in people with Alzheimer ’s disease and vascular dementia is promising and more RCTs are needed [11].” To “Similarly, a systematic review by Clare and Woods reported no significant effects of cognitive t...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the effects of cognitive remediation for improving cognitive performance, symptoms, and psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia. METHOD A meta-analysis was conducted of 26 randomized, controlled trials of cognitive remediation in schizophrenia including 1,151 patients. RESULTS Cognitive remediation was associated with significant improvements across all thre...

OBJECTIVE To examine current use of descriptive labels for levels of cognitive impairment and types of memory to explore whether rehabilitation disciplines are now communicating more effectively. DESIGN Survey of rehabilitation professionals. SETTING Hospital rehabilitation programs. PARTICIPANTS Respondents (N=130) representing 8 facilities in 5 states completed surveys. INTERVENTIONS ...

The Effectiveness of Cognitive Rehabilitation on Executive Functions in Substance-Dependent Individuals

BACKGROUND The neuropsychological, physical, vestibular and oculomotor sequelae of sports-related concussion are extremely well documented. However, there is a paucity of interventions for these symptoms in refractory sports-related concussions. AIM The intent of this article is to review the known and emerging neuropsychological and psychological rehabilitation interventions for reducing mor...

Within the broad discipline of psychology, clinical psychology has established a tradition of providing services in the assessment and treatment of behavioral disorders. More recently, clinical neuropsychology emerged in response to a need to describe neurocognitive impairment associated with brain damage and relate deficits to specific forms of brain dysfunction. As the field developed, intere...

BACKGROUND Unilateral spatial neglect causes difficulty attending to one side of space. Various rehabilitation interventions have been used but evidence of their benefit is lacking. OBJECTIVES To assess whether cognitive rehabilitation improves functional independence, neglect (as measured using standardised assessments), destination on discharge, falls, balance, depression/anxiety and qualit...