A First Step Toward Cognitive Remediation of Voices: a Case Study
Several studies have shown that source‐monitoring errors are related to verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia. An exploratory pilot study has been carried out to investigate the possibility of training patients in how to avoid errors in source‐monitoring. One patient with paranoid schizophrenia and persistent thought insertions was trained for 6 hours to use mnemonic techniques to compensate specific deficits in source‐monitoring. Results show that the patient was able to improve his performance and maintain the acquired progress at a 1‐month follow‐up assessment. These preliminary results are interesting for developing a larger controlled study of cognitive remediation of source‐monitoring deficits.
Keywords: auditory hallucination; cognitive and behaviour therapy; cognitive remediation; schizophrenia; source‐monitoring
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Rehabilitation Unit, Community Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, Site de Cery, CH‐1008 Prilly, Switzerland 2: Section E.Minkowski, General Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, 9 Avenue d'Echallens, CH‐1004 Lausanne, Switzerland 3: Department of Psychology, University of Lausanne, CH‐1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Publication date: 01 September 2006
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