Social Cognitive Training for Psychosis: Treatment Development

Social Cognitive Training for Psychosis: Phase I Treatment Development

The primary aim of this proposal is to develop, refine, manualize and assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a brief, narrowly-focused social cognitive intervention for individuals with psychosis. The intervention will focus on helping individuals interpret social situations, specifically the intentions and feelings of others.

Study methods include preliminary treatment and manual development based on series of uncontrolled cases, manual refinement, and a small feasibility/efficacy trial of the newly developed intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder
• Age between 18 and 55
• Psychiatrically stable
• Clinician agrees to individual's participation in study
• English as primary language

Exclusion Criteria:

• current (past 30 days) symptoms of alcohol abuse/dependence
• developmental disability
• severe auditory/visual impairment or known neurological disorder
• participant has a legal conservator