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The Cognitive Model of Stress Management
Published in Melissa G. Hunt, Aaron T. Beck, Reclaim Your Life From IBS, 2022
Melissa G. Hunt, Aaron T. Beck
That is to say, cognitive interventions are not about “pretending” that things are going well if they’re not. In fact, this wouldn’t help even if you tried it, because you wouldn’t believe it. Rather, cognitive interventions are about helping you learn to see the world as accurately and objectively as possible. The problem is that many, many people do have negative biases or filters that they use to interpret situations in their lives. If you do this routinely and without realizing it, you will be a lot more stressed than you need to be. If you have been entertaining lots of negatively biased automatic thoughts, then seeing the world more accurately should bring about a great deal of relief. In other words:
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.
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).
The impact of patient and partner personality traits on learning success for a cognitive rehabilitation intervention for patients with MCI
Published in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 2022
Renata Khayoun, Katrina L. Devick, Melanie J. Chandler, Anne L. Shandera-Ochsner, Liselotte De Wit, Andrea Cuc, Glenn E. Smith, Dona E. C. Locke
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is described as cognitive decline that is beyond normal ageing but has not reached the severity of dementia, as persons with MCI (pwMCI) continue to function mostly independently in activities of daily living (Albert et al., 2011; Petersen, 2004; Petersen et al., 2009). The prevalence of MCI increases with age (Feldman & Jacova, 2005; Petersen et al., 2010), yet there are no pharmacological treatments available that can reduce the risk or prevent progression to dementia (Allain & Bentue-Ferrer, 2007; Feldman & Jacova, 2005; Vega & Newhouse, 2014). The lack of pharmacological treatments emphasizes the necessity of non-pharmacological interventions (Teixeira et al., 2012) that may delay progression to dementia and help preserve daily functioning and improve independence. Cognitive interventions are a common non-pharmacological approach in MCI, such as the cognitive training programme developed by Belleville et al., 2006; Belleville et al., 2018 and the memory intervention programme developed by Troyer et al., 2008 (see Chandler et al., 2016 for a systematic review and meta-analysis).
Effectiveness of a Visual Imagery Training Program to Improve Prospective Memory in Older Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Study
Published in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 2022
Ariane Lajeunesse, Marie-Julie Potvin, Véronique Labelle, Marie-Joëlle Chasles, Marie-Jeanne Kergoat, Juan Manuel Villalpando, Sven Joubert, Isabelle Rouleau
There is little to inconclusive evidence that pharmacological interventions prevent or stabilize cognitive decline (e.g., Fink et al., 2018; Petersen et al., 2018; Vega & Newhouse, 2014). Therefore, non-pharmacological alternatives have become an appealing option. Reviews and meta-analyses concluded that, for older adults with and without MCI, cognitive interventions were effective in improving different cognitive domains, such as processing speed, attention, retrospective memory, executive functions, and fluid intelligence (Belleville, 2008; Faucounau et al., 2010; Gross et al., 2012; Li et al., 2011; Reijnders et al., 2013; Sherman et al., 2017; Verhaeghen et al., 1992). Some of these cognitive interventions also had a positive impact on quality of life, emotional states, and self-rated measures of memory and functional abilities (Faucounau et al., 2010; Li et al., 2011). However, the literature regarding cognitive interventions for PM is much less extensive, particularly in the MCI population.