Cognitive training for divergent thinking in schizophrenia: A pilot study

Takahiro Nemoto; Ryoko Yamazawa; Hiroyuki Kobayashi; Nobuharu Fujita; Bun Chino; Chiyo Fujii; Haruo Kashima; Yuri Rassovsky; Michael F. Green; Masafumi Mizuno

doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.08.015

Cognitive training for divergent thinking in schizophrenia: A pilot study

Takahiro Nemoto, Ryoko Yamazawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Nobuharu Fujita, Bun Chino, Chiyo Fujii, Haruo Kashima, Yuri Rassovsky, Michael F. Green, Masafumi Mizuno

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Abstract

Individuals with schizophrenia demonstrate deficits in divergent thinking. This ability is indispensable for generating creative solutions and navigating the complexities of social interactions. In a pilot study, seventeen stable schizophrenia outpatients were randomly assigned to a training program for divergent thinking or a control program on convergent thinking. After eight weeks of training, participants in the divergent thinking program had significantly greater improvements on measures of idea fluency, negative symptoms, and interpersonal relations than did participants receiving the control program. These preliminary results suggest that interventions for divergent thinking in schizophrenia may lead to improvements in patients' social functioning.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1533-1536
Number of pages	4
Journal	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
Volume	33
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.08.015
State	Published - 13 Nov 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cognitive training
Divergent thinking
Negative symptoms
Schizophrenia
Social functioning

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