Delivery of cognitive remediation therapy within a specialist inpatient psychosis service: a health-care assistant's perspective

Franchesca Olaifa; Genevieve Somerton; Juliana Onwumere; Pamela Jacobsen

doi:10.1017/S1742646414000077

Delivery of cognitive remediation therapy within a specialist inpatient psychosis service: a health-care assistant's perspective

Franchesca Olaifa, Genevieve Somerton, Juliana Onwumere, Pamela Jacobsen

Department of Psychology

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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Abstract

Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) is a psychological therapy which has been shown to be effective in improving cognitive functioning in service users with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. There are challenges to routinely implementing CRT within inpatient services due to a limited availability of therapists to deliver it. This paper describes a model of service delivery piloted in a specialist inpatient psychosis service which included health-care assistants (HCAs) working under the supervision of a clinical psychologist to help deliver CRT. The experience of the HCAs in undertaking this work is described from a first-person perspective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742646414000077
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2015

Keywords

cognition, cognitive remediation, group therapy, inpatients, rehabilitation, schizophrenia

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