Integrated supported employment plus cognitive remediation training for people with schizophrenia
HWH Tsang1, MD Bell2, V Cheung1, KL Tam3, WS Yeung4
1 Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
2 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, USA
3 Department of Psychiatry, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
4 Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
 
 
Key Messages
1. Integrated supported employment plus cognitive remediation training (ISE+CRT) or ISE alone produced positive therapeutic effects for people with schizophrenia.
2. More improvement trends in vocational, clinical, and cognitive outcomes were noted in the ISE+CRT group, and a more positive trend for the psychological and functional outcomes was noted in the ISE group.
3. The hypothesis that ISE effect would be augmented by the addition of CRT is not well supported in vocational, clinical, and cognitive domains.
4. Further comparative studies are required to determine whether the addition of CRT to an ISE programme enhances vocational and clinical outcomes in the long term.