Individuals living with a psychotic disorder often experience changes to their thinking and social skills that can lead to challenges with work, school, relationships and living independently. One intervention to target these areas is cognitive remediation therapy, which can be delivered in virtual reality to help apply the skills and strategies learned to day-to-day life. Over the past few years, our team has co-developed a cognitive remediation program in virtual reality with healthcare professionals and people with lived experiences of psychosis. The current trial tests the feasibility and efficacy of this cognitive remediation program in virtual reality at improving thinking skills, social skills, and daily life functioning.
Diagnosis of a psychosis-spectrum disorder
Equal or between 18 to 60 years old
Ability to read and speak English
Be clinically stable, as defined as a total Positive And Negative Severity Symptoms score equal or between 30 - 95
Neurological or medical disorders that may produce cognitive impairment (including head injury with more than 1 minute of loss of consciousness)
Intellectual disability or a score equal or below 70 on the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence.
Any vision conditions that cannot be corrected with contact lenses or glasses that can fit in the virtual reality googles.
Past history of seizures, fit, and epilepsy
The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
Lead sponsor
Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec
Collaborator
The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research
Collaborator