Efficacy Study of GAÏA Program Cognitive Remediation of Facial Affects Processing in Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Schizophrenia focused on measuring schizophrenia, social cognition, facial affects recognition, cognitive remediation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women aged 18 to 45 years
- French speaker
- Clinical stability
- Diagnosis of schizophrenia according to the DSM-IV-TR
- Agreement of the guardian for the patients under guardianship
- Unchanged psychotropic treatment during month preceding the inclusion
- Overdrawn performances in the treatment of the facial information
- Patients having given their consent lit to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- alcohol or drug dependence (according to the DSM-IV-TR), except tobacco
- history of neurobiological illness or trauma
- the ineffectiveness of neuroleptic treatment
- Taking of medicine with somatic aim having a cerebral or psychic impact
- Simultaneous participation on an other program of cognitive remediation
Sites / Locations
- centre de réhabilitation - Hôpital le Vinatier
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
GAÏA - facial affect recognition targeted
RECOS - attentional process targeted
GAÏA:20hours individual cognitive remediation with therapist, 10 tasks at home, 10 week-treatment cognitive remediation targeted on facial affects recognition. exercises were designed by Gaudelus and Franck (2012) and tutoractiv'company. It includes photos, computer and role games exercises.Computer based exercises have 5 difficulty levels. 2 sessions of one hour per week with therapist. Tasks at home are given once a week and targeting functional outcomes associated with facial affects recognition impairment.
RECOS (Cognitive REmediation for Schizophrenia): 20 hours individual cognitive remediation with therapist, 10 tasks at home, 10 week-treatment. RECOS is a validated cognitive remediation program, developed by P. Vianin and SBT company. It includes paper and pen and computer based exercises. The original program proposes 5 modules targeting 5 cognitive functions, each patient participated in the module corresponding to his/her most altered cognitive function. In this study, all patients randomized in this arm are allocated in the attentional module.Every computer exercises have 10 difficulty levels. 2 sessions of one hour per week with therapist. Tasks at home are given once a week and targeting functional outcome