Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: From Evidence to Treatment
Edited by David L. Roberts and David L. Penn
Abstract
This title provides a firm grounding in the theory and research of normal social cognition, builds on this base to describe how social cognition appears to be dysfunctional in schizophrenia, and explains how this dysfunction might be ameliorated. Composed of contributed chapters written by the top experts in the field, the volume is divided into three parts to address each of these areas. Part I, Foundations of Human Social Cognition, explores normal social cognition in childhood development, adulthood, and across cultures, as well the brain-bases of social cognition and clinical social cognition research. Part II, Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: Descriptive and Experimental Research, discusses social cognition and functional outcome, emotion processing, Theory of Mind, paranoid ideation, social cognition in early psychosis, and the social cognitive neuroscience of schizophrenia. Part III, Social Cognition in Schizophrenia: Treatment Approaches, focuses on findings from current treatment outcome research as well as several leading social cognitive intervention approaches—Integrated Neurocognitive Therapy (INT), Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET), Metacognitive Training (MCT), and Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT).
Keywords:
psychosis,
childhood development,
adulthood,
functional outcome,
emotional processing,
intervention approaches,
dysfunctional schizophrenia,
social cognition
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Print Publication Date:
- Jan 2013
- Print ISBN-13:
- 9780199777587
- Published online:
- Nov 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med:psych/9780199777587.001.0001
Authors
David L. Roberts,
editor
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
David L. Penn,
editor
Linda Wagner-Martin Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
