Cognitive strengths-based assessment and intervention in first-episode psychosis: A complementary approach to addressing functional recovery?

K Allott; P Steele; F Boyer; A de Winter; S Bryce; M Alvarez-Jimenez; L Phillips

Journal article

Cognitive strengths-based assessment and intervention in first-episode psychosis: A complementary approach to addressing functional recovery?

K Allott, P Steele, F Boyer, A de Winter, S Bryce, M Alvarez-Jimenez, L Phillips

Clinical Psychology Review | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101871

Abstract

People who have experienced psychosis describe functional and personal recovery as a key goal of treatment. To date, the early, pervasive and influential role of cognitive impairments in functional recovery in psychosis has been predominantly addressed using approaches aiming to remediate clinically-defined cognitive deficits. Despite acceptance of the recovery and strengths-based model of care for first-episode psychosis (FEP), there has been minimal attention paid to the potential for strengths-based approaches to be extended to cognitive function. The purpose of this review is to present the case for supplementary strengths-based approaches to addressing cognition and functioning in FEP. ..

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Kelly Allott Author

Shayden Bryce Author

Mario Alvarez-Jimenez Author

Lisa Phillips Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

KA receives funding from a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellowship (APP1141207). M.A-J. was supported by an Investigator Grant (APP1177235) from the NHMRC. The NHMRC had no role in the concept or writing of the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.