Search

Introduction: Mindfulness-based interventions are showing promising results for people with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) (Goldberg et al., 2018), though their action mechanisms are yet to be clarified. Social cognition has drawn a great deal of attention in recent decades as people with psychosis tend to perform worse than healthy controls in socio-cognitive tasks (Green et al., 2015). A core component of social cognition is attributional style and people with psychosis tend to perceive more intentionality and hostility in other people's behaviors in negative and ambiguous situations than controls (Savla et al., 2012). Objectives: To explore the changes in hostility bias after Social-MIND® in a sample of people with SSD. Methods: SocialMIND® is a mindfulness-based social cognition training delivered over 9 months, the first two including 8 weekly sessions. 46 patients were included: 25 subjects completed a feasibility trial (Mediavilla et al., 2019a) while 21 subjects are currently enrolled in a Randomized Controlled Trial (Mediavilla et al., 2019b). Assessment included the Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ). Results: 46 participants completed weekly sessions and assessment. Participants showed a significant improvement in hostility bias as measured by the AIHQ (p=0,018, d=0,38). Conclusions: SocialMIND® is among the few social cognition trainings to achieve an improvement in hostility bias in people with psychosis (Roberts et al., 2014). Given the role of social cognition in SSD as predictor and mediator of social functioning (Galderisi et al., 2018), future research lines should delve deeper into the action mechanisms and key active ingredients of social cognition trainings for people with psychosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are showing promising results for people with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (Goldberg et al., 2018). Social cognition is now a research focus as people with psychosis tend to perform worse than controls in socio-cognitive tasks (Green et al., 2015). A core component of social cognition is attributional style and people with psychosis tend to perceive more intentionality and hostility in other people's behaviors in negative and ambiguous situations than control groups (Savla et al., 2012). Objectives: To explore the relationships between dispositional mindfulness, attributional bias and functioning in a sample of people with SSD. Methods: Assessment included the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS), the Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ) and the Personal and Social Performance scale (PSP). Results: 53 participants completed assessment. Higher dispositional mindfulness was linked to both lower intentionality bias (r=-,380, p=,012) and lower AIHQ total scores (r=-,301, p=,05). Furthermore, higher PSP total scores were correlated with lower hostility bias (r=-,344, p=,02) and lower anger bias (r=-,312, p=,037). None of the measures collected were linked to positive or negative symptoms. Conclusions: The associations found between higher dispositional mindfulness and lower attributional biases support the use of MBIs which target social cognition in people with psychosis. Moreover, the possible link between personal and social functioning and lower attributional biases warrant further research. Given the role of social cognition in SSD as a predictor and mediator of social functioning (Galderisi et al., 2018), future research lines should help clarify the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and social cognition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Recent studies support the efficacy of Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBIs) reducing negative symptoms (Sabe et at., 2019), but report no significant effects on positive symptoms (Shieh et al, 2018). A recent meta-analysis found a strong beneficial effect of MBIs in reducing depressive symptoms among people with severe mental illness (Goldberg et al, 2018), supporting the consideration of MBIs as a convenient therapy for psychotic disorders. Objectives: To determine the effects of a MBI (SocialMIND®) on depression, negative and positive symptoms. Methods: A parallel-group, controlled (SocialMIND® versus psychoeducational multicomponent intervention [PMI]), clinical trial has been implemented. The participants received 16 weeks of group therapy. Depression, positive and negative symptoms were measured with the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS) and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Results: 23 participants were included. There were no differences in general psychopathology, positive or negative symptoms. However, we found a significant decrease in negative symptom scores when analyzing both groups together (PMI and SocialMIND®) (t(23)=-2.53, p=0.019). There were no significant intergroup differences in depressive symptoms (t(22)=2.09, p=0.057, d=0.8). However, the 95% confidence interval in the PMI group [-5.4, 0.67] compared with SocialMIND®'s [-0.91, 1.99] shows a tendency of a better performance of PMI in reducing depressive symptoms. Conclusions: Both interventions reduced negative symptons, These results are in line with the findings of a greater effect of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (group therapy) over Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (individual therapy) on negative symptoms (Louise et al., 2018), suggesting a group intervention in itselfmight be effective in reducing negative symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: People with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSDs) suffer significant social cognitive impairments (Paker, Foley, Walker & Dark, 2013). Social cognitive trainings are emerging interventions aiming to target these impairments and improve functional outcomes (Green et al., 2015). Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT) (Taylor et al., 2016) and Training of Affect Recognition (TAR) both improve social cognition (Vaskinn et al., 2019). Social-MIND® is the first mindfulness-based social cognition training tailormade for people with psychosis (Mediavilla et al., 2019a). Objectives: To explore the changes in emotion recognition after SocialMIND® in a sample of people with SSD. Methods: SocialMIND® is delivered over 9 months, the first two including 8 weekly sessions. 46 patients were included: 25 subjects completed a feasibility trial while 21 subjects are currently enrolled in a Randomized Controlled Trial (Mediavilla et al., 2019b). Assessment included the RMET. Results: 46 participants completed weekly sessions and assessment. Participants displayed a significant improvement of 3,85 in RMET scores (p=0,012, d=0,42). Conclusions: SocialMIND® is one of the first social cognition trainings for SSD to show an improvement in emotion recognition. Similar pre-to post-intervention results have also been achieved by SCIT (Gordon et al., 2018; Voutilainen, Kouhia, Roberts & Oksanen, 2016) and TAR (Sachs et al., 2012). However, different methodological issues render comparisons impractical as results have been inconsistent (Roberts et al., 2014). Given the role of social cognition in schizophrenia (Galderisi et al., 2018), future research lines should delve deeper into the key active ingredients and action mechanisms of social cognition trainings for people with psychosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]