Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia : An Introduction for Psychotherapists

This essential discusses schizophrenia in a brief, concise manner in light of its developmental neurobiological pathology. It primarily addresses current neuropsychological findings on cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia as well as common neuropsychological models to explain the complex and heterogeneous psychopathology. A primary concern of the book is to illustrate the extent to which these findings can play a role in the treatment of schizophrenia with regard to their use in psychoeducation as well as the design of (meta)cognitive therapy programs. This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Neuropsychologie der Schizophrenie by Patrizia Thoma, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically different from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. The Contents Epidemiology, etiology and pathophysiology Models of negative and positive symptoms Diagnostics and therapy of cognitive disorders Mode of action of cognitive remediation and evaluation The Target Groups Psychological psychotherapists, physicians Students of medicine and psychology The Author Prof. Dr. Patrizia Thoma conducts research in the field of clinical neuropsychology at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience and is co-director of the Neuropsychological Therapy Center at the Ruhr University Bochum. What You Can Find in This essential 6 Contents 7 1 Introduction 8 2 Epidemiology, Etiology, and Pathophysiology 10 2.1 Comorbidities 11 3 Neurocognitive Changes 14 3.1 Importance of Cognitive Impairment 14 3.2 Progression and Severity of Cognitive Impairment 15 4 Neurocognitive Models of Negative symptoms 18 4.1 Cognitive Contributions 18 4.2 Neuronal Changes 19 5 Neurocognitive Models of Positive Symptoms 21 5.1 Delusions 21 5.1.1 Cognitive Foundations 22 5.1.1.1 Unfavorable Decision Heuristics 22 5.1.1.2 Overconfidence in One's Memories 23 5.1.1.3 Affective Distortions, Low Self-Esteem, and Unfavorable Attributional Styles 23 5.1.1.4 Changes in the Theory of Mind 23 5.1.2 Neurobiological Foundations 24 5.2 Hallucinations 26 5.2.1 Theories of Deficient Self-Monitoring and Disturbing Action Prediction 26 5.2.2 Increased Spontaneous Activations 27 5.2.3 An Integrative Cognitive Model of AVH 28 5.3 Ego Disorders 29 5.3.1 Models of Disturbing Prediction of Intended Movements 29 5.3.2 Role of Executive Control Mechanisms 31 6 Diagnostics and Therapy of Cognitive Disorders 33 6.1 Diagnostics 33 6.2 Therapy: Cognitive Remediation 34 6.2.1 Rehacom 35 6.2.2 Cogpack 35 6.2.3 Integrated Neurocognitive Therapy (INT) 36 6.2.4 Mode of Action of Cognitive Remediation and Assessment 37 7 Summary 40 What You Learned From This essential 41 References 42 This essential discusses schizophrenia in a brief, concise manner in light of its developmental neurobiological pathology. It primarily addresses current neuropsychological findings on cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia as well as common neuropsychological models to explain the complex and heterogeneous psychopathology. A primary concern of the book is to clarify the extent to which these findings can play a role in the treatment of schizophrenia with regard to their use in psychoeducation as well as the design of (meta)cognitive therapy programs. This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Neuropsychologie der Schizophrenie by Patrizia Thoma, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically different from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.