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This study have attempted to investigate the efficiency of the attention rehabilitation program on the improvement of the cognitive functions in the schizophrenic patients. The Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation Treatment Program (COMCOG), which was developed for the rehabilitation of attention, was administered to 12 schizophrenic patients (treatment group). 12 schizophrenic patients were also served as controls (control group). The rehabilitation program was administered to the treatment group for 16 sessions, that is, 2 days a week for 2 months. For the evaluation of the cognitive functions, a number of neuropsychological tests were administered before and after the introduction of rehabilitation program. The results showed that the treatment group showed significant improvements on the d2 test, Stroop test, the immediate recall of RCFT, and the perseverated responses of WCST compared to the control group. These results indicate that the rehabilitation program is effective for the cognitive enhancement, in particular for the improvement of attention and executive function, for the chronic schizophrenic patients. In addition, the negative symptoms and general pathology of schizophrenia were significantly reduced after the rehabilitation treatment.
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