RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT04610697

Cognitive Remediation in Forensic Mental Health Care


Sponsor

The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

Enrollment

30 participants

Start Date

Feb 10, 2020

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Forensic patients often display cognitive deficits, particularly in the domain of executive functions, that represent a challenge to forensic rehabilitation. One empirically-validated method to train executive functions is cognitive remediation, which consists of cognitive exercises combined with coaching. This trial investigates whether cognitive remediation can improve cognitive, functional, and clinical outcomes in forensic inpatients.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 55 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is testing a brain training program (cognitive remediation) to help improve thinking and memory skills in people who are currently inpatients at a forensic mental health unit. Forensic mental health settings care for people with mental illness who have had involvement with the legal system. **You may be eligible if...** - You are between 18 and 55 years old - You are currently admitted as an inpatient on the Forensic Treatment Unit - You can read and speak English fluently **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You have an intellectual disability - You have had a serious brain injury with known severe neurological effects that required hospitalization and rehabilitation Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALCognitive Remediation

Cognitive Remediation consists of exercises, preferably supported by coaching, aimed at engaging cognitive skills and, as a result, at improving cognition as well as functional and clinical outcomes.

BEHAVIORALActive Control

Active control condition for cognitive remediation, matched in terms of session modality, number, duration, frequency, and format.


Locations(1)

The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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