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Journal Article
Successful computer-assisted cognitive remediation therapy in patients with unipolar depression: a proof of principle study
2007
Overview
Despite increasing awareness of the extent and severity of cognitive deficits in major depressive disorder (MDD), trials of cognitive remediation have not been conducted. We conducted a 10-week course of cognitive remediation in patients with long-term MDD to probe whether deficits in four targeted cognitive domains, (i) memory, (ii) attention, (iii) executive functioning and (iv) psychomotor speed, could be improved by this intervention.
We administered a computerized cognitive retraining package (PSSCogReHab) with demonstrated efficacy to 12 stable patients with recurrent MDD. Twelve matched patients with MDD and a group of healthy control participants were included for comparison; neither comparator group received the intervention that involved stimulation of cognitive functions through targeted, repetitive exercises in each domain.
Patients who received cognitive training improved on a range of neuropsychological tests targeting attention, verbal learning and memory, psychomotor speed and executive function. This improvement exceeded that observed over the same time period in a group of matched comparisons. There was no change in depressive symptom scores over the course of the trial, thus improvement in cognitive performance occurred independent of other illness variables.
These results provide preliminary evidence that improvement of cognitive functions through targeted, repetitive exercises is a viable method of cognitive remediation in patients with recurrent MDD.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Subject
/ Adult and adolescent clinical studies
/ Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
/ Cognition Disorders - psychology
/ Cognition Disorders - therapy
/ Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis
/ Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology
/ Depressive Disorder, Major - therapy
/ Depressive personality disorders
/ Efficacy
/ Female
/ Humans
/ Male
/ Memory
/ Memory Disorders - diagnosis
/ Memory Disorders - psychology
/ Neuropsychological assessment
/ Patients
/ Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
