Thinking Skills for Work in Severe Mental Illness

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety Disorder

In brief

The purpose of this study is help people with serious mental illness and receiving vocational rehabilitation get and keep the job they want by improving their thinking skills, such as attention and memory, using computer exercises and other strategies. One half of the participants in the study will receive vocational rehabilitation and the exercises to improve thinking skills, and the other half will receive just vocational rehabilitation. All participants will receive an assessment of symptoms and thinking skills at the beginning of the study and 6, 12, and 24 months later. Work activity during the 24 months in the study will be collected. It is expected that those participants who receive the practice of their thinking skills will be more likely to get and keep the job they want compared with people who do not receive this treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01926613

Run by

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

People needed

110

Starts

2006-04-01

Expected to finish

2011-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-08-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Chronic mental disorder
• Minimum age 18
• Unemployed
• Wants employment
• Must be a recipient of services at one of two participating agencies
• Fluent in English
• Willing and legally able to provide informed consent to participate in study -Subjects with court appointed legal guardians will be included

You may not qualify if…

• History of neurological conditions that impair cognition

Where it is running

• Thresholds, Inc. — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester — Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

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