Cognitive Remediation: Going Beyond Treatment As Usual

Why have more individuals with chronic mental health disabilities not recovered more completely? We need to rethink the problem and solution; move the treatment paradigm from Treatment As Usual  to Cognitive Remediation, an active treatment focusing on remediating the person’s disabilities while increasing their strengths.CET, a SAMHSA recognized EBP form of Cognitive Remediation, has been  disseminated to 41 sites in 12 states. The talk will demonstrate how over 48 once-a-week sessions of computer exercises, social cognition groups and individual coaching, clients learn how to be socially wise and vocationally effective. Attendance and graduation rates average 70 to 85%.