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Physical and Cognitive Rehabilitation for Children with Brain and Spinal Tumors
Published in David A. Walker, Giorgio Perilongo, Roger E. Taylor, Ian F. Pollack, Brain and Spinal Tumors of Childhood, 2020
Alexandra M. Gaynor, Helen Hartley, Stephen A. Sands
Given that cognitive impairments may worsen over time following treatment, it is reasonable to suggest that earlier rehabilitation would produce more favorable outcomes for neurocognitive deficits. Unfortunately, the majority of research has examined the effects of rehabilitation following treatment, and the cognitive intervention described above in which cognitive training was initiated during active treatment showed no significant benefits relative to a control group.145 The barriers to engaging in remediation during active cancer treatment are considerable, and patients may be unable to adhere to training programs due to demands of treatment or limiting physiological side effects such as fatigue or nausea.101 Nevertheless, given the potential benefit of initiating remediation immediately following treatment, to take advantage of structural plasticity before cognitive dysfunction has become more concrete, further research is needed to examine how the timing of rehabilitation relative to treatment impacts neurocognitive outcomes.103
Managing difficult patients: Their pain and yours
Published in Marian Stuart, Joseph Lieberman, The Fifteen Minute Hour, 2018
Marian Stuart, Joseph Lieberman
Depressed patients often believe that the world has to be a certain way before they will be able to function adequately, and they become immobilized in the interim. Cognitive interventions focus on defining the specific problem, devising one or more solutions, and helping patients cope a bit better with whatever is going on in the meantime. A homework assignment might specify that the patient walk at least 30 minutes daily, do something pleasurable no less than once each week, and read the first three chapters of David Burns’s Feeling Good36 (see Appendix B). The reading assignment can be enhanced at the next visit by having the patient report on what was learned.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Published in MS Thambirajah, Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2018
Cognitive interventions: Cognitive distortions may occur as a part of the attempt to understand or explain why the traumatic event occurred. Selfblame, survivor guilt, overestimation of danger and a view of the world as unsafe are common. Correcting cognitive errors by identifying, evaluating and eventually correcting them is a part of the CBT approach.
It’s never too late to improvise: The impact of theatre improvisation on elderly population
Published in Experimental Aging Research, 2023
Daniella Bassis, Judit Rybko, Rotem Maor
People who possess cognitive flexibility are able to engage in learning processes by experiencing the activity – while adapting relevant cognitive process strategies, especially when new and unexpected changes occur after the person has been practicing the task for a while (Motha & Halder, 2020). As such, there is a general consensus that cognitive intervention programs are needed for improving and maintaining the cognitive health of older adults. Studies show that activities such as learning new languages, playing musical instruments, or participating in aerobic activities can strengthen the cognitive capacity of older adults (Glisky, 2007; Harada, Natelson Love, & Triebel, 2013; Mekari et al., 2020; Nguyen et al., 2011). Improvisation could also be added to this list of activities, as it has the advantage of mimicking life and is therefore more prone to affecting real-life behavior (Preminger, , 2012).
Psychotherapeutic treatments for generalized anxiety disorder: cognitive and behavioral therapies, enhancement strategies, and emerging efforts
Published in Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2022
Michelle G. Newman, Candice Basterfield, Thane M. Erickson, Evan Caulley, Amy Przeworski, Sandra J. Llera
Within the CBT framework, worry reduction is the key treatment target; however, CAM would suggest that extant treatments aimed at challenging worry patterns may attempt to remove the cognitive defense of worry without treating the underlying core fear. CAM treatment would need to specifically target contrast avoidance to address maladaptive patterns of worry. Targeting contrast avoidance in treatment could be achieved via exposure to relaxation or other positive states followed by negative emotional stimuli. The treatment of negative contrast sensitivity could also incorporate cognitive and behavioral interventions. Cognitive intervention could modify the belief that negative emotional contrasts are dangerous, fostering the counter-narrative that allowing oneself to experience a broad range of emotions and emotional shifts constitutes a fuller, braver, more authentic life than remaining perpetually in a painfully negative mood to brace oneself against future negative mood shifts. Behaviorally, repeated exposure to a relaxed state followed by a negative emotional contrast may help patients habituate and reduce aversion to sudden negative contrasts [108].
Clinical efficacy of aerobic exercise combined with computer-based cognitive training in stroke: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Published in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 2022
Ting-Ting Yeh, Ku-Chou Chang, Ching-Yi Wu, Chao-Jung Chen, I-Ching Chuang
The participants in the COG group received computer-based cognitive training using BrainHQ software (Posit Science Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA)16 (e.g. BrainHQ software includes different training programs that are designed to restore attention, recognition, color and shape identification, calculation, visual perception, visuospatial processing, memory, and executive function). Participants performed a variety of tasks designed to enhance different cognitive functions. During the training sessions, laptops with touchscreens were provided so that the participants performed the interactive computer-based games without manipulating a mouse (Figure 2). The training program was adjusted automatically and continuously according to each participant’s level of performance. Each cognitive intervention session was of 60 minutes.