Rehabilitation Research and Practice

Cognitive Remediation and Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness


Publishing date
20 Jul 2012
Status
Published
Submission deadline
02 Mar 2012

Lead Editor

1Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755-1404, USA

2University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, 2117 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

3Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Judd Hall 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, USA

4Departments of Psychiatry and of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover 03755-1404, USA


Cognitive Remediation and Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness

Description

This is an open solicitation for papers to be published in the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Practice related to the theme of providing integrated or otherwise combined cognitive remediation (cognitive enhancement and cognitive rehabilitation) and psychosocial rehabilitation (psychiatric rehabilitation and psychosocial treatment) for people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Open clinical trials evaluating the feasibility and exploring outcomes of new cognitive remediation and psychosocial rehabilitation programs
  • Open clinical trials evaluating the feasibility and exploring outcomes of established programs applied in novel settings or with a new population
  • Controlled evaluations of combined cognitive remediation and psychosocial rehabilitation programs
  • Studies of mechanisms underlying the effects of combined programs
  • Studies of changes in the association between cognitive and psychosocial outcomes over the course of treatment
  • Studies comparing combined cognitive and psychosocial treatment programs across different populations, such as first episode psychosis, multi-episode clients, and treatment-refractory clients
  • Studies of social-cognitive training and remediation
  • Applications of combined cognitive remediation and psychiatric rehabilitation in community settings
  • Reviews or theoretical papers addressing research on combined cognitive remediation and psychiatric rehabilitation approaches, or approaches to the integration or sequencing of treatment components
  • Studies of biological or other relevant correlates of cognitive or psychosocial outcomes in clients receiving cognitive remediation and psychiatric rehabilitation

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/rerp/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:


Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 283602
  • - Editorial

Cognitive Remediation and Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness

Susan R. McGurk | Shaun M. Eack | ... | Kim T. Mueser
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 928294
  • - Research Article

An Individualized and Everyday Life Approach to Cognitive Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia: A Case Illustration

M.-N. Levaux | B. Fonteneau | ... | M. Van der Linden
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 386895
  • - Review Article

The Integration of Cognitive Remediation Therapy into the Whole Psychosocial Rehabilitation Process: An Evidence-Based and Person-Centered Approach

Rafael Penadés | Rosa Catalán | ... | Miquel Bernardo
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 863203
  • - Review Article

Enhancing Work-Focused Supports for People with Severe Mental Illnesses in Australia

Natalia Contreras | Susan L. Rossell | ... | Carol Harvey
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 742106
  • - Review Article

Can Social Functioning in Schizophrenia Be Improved through Targeted Social Cognitive Intervention?

David L. Roberts | Dawn I. Velligan
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 382420
  • - Review Article

Additional Interventions to Enhance the Effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support: A Rapid Evidence Assessment

Naomi Boycott | Justine Schneider | Mary McMurran
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 715176
  • - Research Article

Cognitive Remediation for Individuals with Psychosis in a Supported Education Setting: A Pilot Study

Sean A. Kidd | Jaswant Kaur Bajwa | ... | Bahar Haji Khamneh
Rehabilitation Research and Practice
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