Occupational and symptom outcomes of combining vocational rehabilitation and cognitive remediation in people with schizophrenia

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Schizophrenia; Mental Health - Schizophrenia

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000092493
• Lead Sponsor: Office of Research Enterprise, University of Western Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-01-28
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Voluntary patients who are registered as community outpatients of Bentley, PaRK, Osborne Park or Midland Mental Health Services, WA, Australia and participating in the Individual Placement and Support Programme at these sites.
Diagnosis of schizophrenia according to ICD -10 criteria, diagnosed by the treating psychiatrist
Fluent in English
Able to provide consent to participate in research as determined by the treating psychiatrist or treating doctor or care coordinator within the treating team
Written consent provided by participant

Exclusion Criteria

Involuntary status under the Mental Health Act
History of head injury, epilepsy, pre-existing intellectual disability or dependence on alcohol or illicit drugs.
Current in-patient
Not able to provide informed consent as determined by the treating psychiatrist / or his /her delegate from the treating team.
Clinically deemed to be not suitable to participate by the treating psychiatrist / Psychiatry Registrar/ Medical Officer or Care Coordinator..
Has received ECT in the past 6 month or had any neuroplasticity based treatments in the past such as CT, trans-cranial magnetic stimulation or deep brain stimulation.
Questionable fluency or lack of fluency with spoken and written English

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified