Objective:The amthors study evaluated the effect of a cognitive rehabilitation program designed
to enhance the attention skill of chronic schizophrenics.
Methods:Dependent variables included measures of perceptual sensitivity and response criterion
derived from the Vigilance test of Vienna test system. Each of 10 subjects received 10 sessions of
repeated training with computeraided cognitive rehabilitation program(REHACOM). Eleven subjects
were assigned to a control group. All subjects were rated on measures of positive and negative
symptoms before training.
Results:Significant changes on the outcome measures were observed following attention training.
Conclusion:It is suggested that cognitive rehabilitation with chronic schizophrenics should stress
the possibility of remediating deficiencies in basic abilities, such as attention.