Shaun Eack
Title: Cognitive Enhancement for Persistent Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia
Funder: NIMH
About the Project: Eack and his team hope to arrive at the first effective treatment for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia with their awarded R01 from the National Institute of Mental Health. This work builds on Eack’s previous research with Cognitive Enhancement Therapy, where he has shown cognitive rehabilitation approaches to be effective at improving thinking, social understanding, and key outcomes such as employment. The project will consist of an 18-month parallel arm randomized controlled trial that includes 90 outpatients with schizophrenia with persistent negative symptoms being treated with novel cognitive and psychosocial rehabilitation approaches based on Gerard E. Hogarty’s, MSW Personal Therapy and Cognitive Enhancement Therapy. Read more.