Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects to all peoples life areas, impairing psychosocial functioning. One of the aims of psychosocial rehabilitation is to favor and enable persons with schizophrenia to cope with the development of all their potentials, through the acquisition or recovery of the skills necessary for independent work functioning within the community, and a standard quality of life. Cognitive deficits are one of the most determinant factors on the quality of life of people with diagnostic of schizophrenia, and determine their social adjustment and daily life. In the last decades cognitive deficits have been considered an indicator and a predictor of social functioning. Empirical evidence has shown that the most relevant cognitive impairments in schizophrenia are: attention, memory and executive functioning. Consequently, the development and use of cognitive training programs have become essential strategies in the treatment of the disease. The goal of this thesis was to compare the effectiveness of three cognitive training programs in schizophrenia. More specifically the aim was: -To compare the efficacy of three programs of cognitive training in schizophrenia: Cognitive Differentiation of Integrated Psychological Therapy for Schizophrenia (IPT) applied in group, Cognitive Differentiation of the IPT applied individually, and the rehabilitation computer program GRADIOR. -To identify the cognitive variables in which the programs produce better improvements. -To study if the implementation of the Cognitive Differentiation program of the IPT individually or in group shows different results.
2009-06-19
