Cognitive Remediation in Forensic Mental Health Care

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Conditions studied: Psychotic Disorders, ADHD, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Aggression, Substance Use Disorders, Violence, Cognitive Dysfunction, Anxiety, Depression, Schizophrenia, Offenders, Antisocial

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04610697

Run by

The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

People needed

30

Starts

2020-02-10

Expected to finish

2026-02-10

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• i1. Age 18 - 55; i2. Ability to read and speak in fluent English; i3. Current status as inpatient on the Forensic Treatment Unit.

You may not qualify if…

• e1. Intellectual disability; e2. TBI with loss of consciousness followed by known severe neurological sequelae requiring hospitalisation and rehabilitation.

Where it is running

• The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (enrolling)

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