Solórzano EH, Padrós BF, Martínez-Medina MP

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 168-173
PDF size: 437.57 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Frequently is observed in the street people showing no sense behaviors such as screaming, undress, scavenging, etc. Tend to be severe cases, which show a serious personal and social dysfunction, and a frequently cognitive deterioration. These hard cases get to the mental health services and sometimes discourage the professionals. The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of a cognitive rehabilitation treatment together a pharmacological treatment in a patient with very low functioning that presents intellectual, cognitive, personal and social damage. In the results emphasize a significant improvement in her attention cognitive achievement, but also there are data that insinuate improvement in the symptomatology and psychosocial functioning.

REFERENCES

1. Vallina, O., Lemos, S., García, A., Otero, A., Alonso, M. y Gutiérrez, M. (1998). Tratamiento Psicológico Integrado en pacientes esquizofrénicos. Psicothema. 10(2): 459-474.

2. Brenner, H., Roder, V., Hodel, B., Kienzie, N., Reed, D., y Liberman, R. (1994). Integrated psychological therapy for schizophrenic patients. Seattle: Hogrefe y Huber.

3. Vallina O, Lemos S. Tratamientos psicológicos eficaces para la esquizofrenia. Psicothema 2001; 13: 345-364.

4. De La Higuera J, Sagastagoitia R. Rehabilitación cognitiva en la esquizofrenia: estado actual y perspectivas futuras. Apuntes de Psicología 2006; 24(1,3): 245-266.

5. Anita Patel, Brian Everitt, Martin Knapp, Clare Reeder, Deidre Grant, Christine Ecker, and Til Wykes (2006). Schizophrenia Patients With Cognitive Deficits: Factors Associated With Costs. Schizophr Bull, 32: 776 - 785.

6. David L. Braff (1993). Information Processing and Attention Dysfunctions in Schizophrenia, Schizophr Bull, 19: 233 - 259.

7. Barbara A. Cornblatt and John G. Keilp (1994). Impaired Attention, Genetics, and the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia, Schizophr Bull, 20: 31 - 46.

8. Jonathan D. Cohen, Todd S. Braver, and Randall C. O’Reilly. (1996). A Computational Approach to Prefrontal Cortex, Cognitive Control and Schizophrenia: Recent Developments and Current Challenges. Phil Trans R Soc B, 351: 1515 - 1527.

9. López B, y Vázquez C. Un estudio sistemático de la evolución de los déficits cognitivos en una muestra de pacientes con esquizofrenia. Rev. de Psiquiatría de la Facultad de Medicina de Barcelona 2003; 30(3): 129-136.

10. Pardo V. Trastornos cognitivos en la esquizofrenia. I. Estudios cognitivos en pacientes esquizofrénicos: puesta al día. Revista de psiquiatría del Uruguay 2005; 69(1): 71-83.

11. Shaun M. Eack, Catherine G. Greeno, Michael F. Pogue- Geile, Christina E. Newhill, Gerard E. Hogarty, and Matcheri S. Keshavan (2010) Assessing Social-Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia With the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test. Schizophr Bull, 36: 370 - 380.

12. Yu-Tao Xiang, David Shum, Helen F. K. Chiu, Wai-Kwong Tang, and Gabor S. Ungvari (2010). Association of Demographic Characteristics, Symptomatology, Retrospective and Prospective Memory, Executive Functioning and Intelligence with Social Functioning in Schizophrenia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44: 1112 - 1117.

13. Marie E. Lenior, Peter M. A. J. Dingemans, Don H. Linszen, Lieuwe de Haan, and Aart H. Schene. (2001). Social functioning and the course of early-onset schizophrenia: Five-year follow-up of a psychosocial intervention The British Journal of Psychiatry, 179: 53 - 58.

14. Roder V, Brenner HD, Hodel B, Kienzle N. Terapia integrada de la esquizofrenia. Barcelona: Ariel; 1996.

15. Penadés, R. (2002). La rehabilitació neuropsicològica del pacient esquizofrènic. Tesis doctoral. Universidad de Barcelona. España.

16. Brenner, H., Hodel, B., Roder, V. y Corrigan, P. (1992). Treatment of cognitive dysfunctions and behavioral deficits in schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 18(1): 21-26.

17. Roder, V., Brenner, H., Kienzle, N. y Fuentes, I. (2007). Terapia Psicológica para la Esquizofrenia IPT. España: Alboran.