Strengthening Cognitive and Social Skills in Psychiatric Conditions

Interested in Improving Your Thinking Skills?

We are interested in investigating whether Action Based Cognitive Remediation Therapy (ABCR) is effective at treating cognitive and social impairments in people with psychiatric conditions. This interactive cognitive training program aims to provide skills and abilities that are transferrable to daily life including maintaining healthy relationships with others, engaging in everyday activities independently, and improving engagement in school or work. 

The main questions we aim to answer are:

• Whether the intervention will improve the thinking skills, social skills, motivation, and self-esteem of participants with different types of psychiatric conditions

• Can this program be easily used in a regular hospital, and do the people who take part in it find it helpful and worth their time

• Whether the improvements from the intervention last for a long time after the training is over.

Researchers will compare how much the thinking skills of participants change during an 8-week waiting period (where they get no treatment) to how much they change during the 8-week training program to see if the training makes a bigger difference in helping them think and live better.

Participants will be compensated a total of $120 for their time.