Status:
WITHDRAWN
tDCS and Executive Function Training for Schizophrenia
Lead Sponsor:
University of Toronto
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
Conditions:
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders are the most persistent, debilitating, and economically burdensome mental illnesses worldwide. Cognitive remediation (CR) is a psychological intervention based on prin...
Detailed Description
Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders are the most persistent, debilitating, and economically burdensome mental illnesses worldwide, and are associated with the greatest per-patient expense of all mental h...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- those who meet the criteria of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or any other psychotic disorder based on the DSM-V criteria
- 18-65 years of age
- know how to use a computer
- are not abusing drugs or alcohol (criteria met for abuse in the last month)
- can read and speak English
Exclusion
- anyone enrolled in a cognitive training program in the last 6 months
- anyone with a neurological disease or neurological damage, medical illnesses that can change neurocognitive function, medical history of head injury with loss of consciousness
- with a neurological disease or neurological damage, medical illnesses that can change neurocognitive function, medical history of head injury with loss of consciousness
- those with a seizure disorder
- those who are pregnant
- those with psychotic symptoms that in the opinion of the study psychiatrist, would impose risk of distress and/or decompensation of psychosis (e.g. delusion of influence through electricity)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05389345
Start Date
May 1 2021
End Date
December 31 2023
Last Update
July 30 2024
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores)
Whitby, Ontario, Canada, L1N 5S9