Reabilitação Cognitiva na Esquizofrenia Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia

Several reviews of the literature support the idea that cognitive deficits observed in a large percentage of patients with schizophrenia are responsible for the cognitive performance deficit and functional disability associated with the disease. The growing importance of neurocognition in Psychiatry, especially with regard to planning strategies and rehabilitative therapies to improve the prognosis of patients contributes to the interest of achieving this literature review on cognitive rehabilitation in schizophrenia. In this work, drawn from research in the areas of schizophrenia, cognition, cognitive rehabilitation and cognitive remediation (2000-2012) through PubMed and The Cochrane Collaboration, it is intended, to describe the types of psycho and behavioral therapies recommended in the treatment of cognitive disabilities in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. This review will also highlight the clinical and scientific evidence of each of these