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Thinking Skills for Work in Severe Mental Illness (TSW)

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Dartmouth Health

Status

Completed

Conditions

Major Depression
Schizophrenia
Bipolar Disorder
Anxiety Disorder
Schizoaffective Disorder

Treatments

Behavioral: Supported Employment
Behavioral: Thinking Skills for Work Program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT01926613
MH077210
1R01MH077210-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is help people with serious mental illness and receiving vocational rehabilitation get and keep the job they want by improving their thinking skills, such as attention and memory, using computer exercises and other strategies. One half of the participants in the study will receive vocational rehabilitation and the exercises to improve thinking skills, and the other half will receive just vocational rehabilitation. All participants will receive an assessment of symptoms and thinking skills at the beginning of the study and 6, 12, and 24 months later. Work activity during the 24 months in the study will be collected. It is expected that those participants who receive the practice of their thinking skills will be more likely to get and keep the job they want compared with people who do not receive this treatment.

Full description

This randomized controlled trial is evaluating the effectiveness of a pilot-tested, manualized cognitive remediation intervention entitled the "Thinking Skills for Work Program" by comparing it to enhanced supported employment services in clients with severe mental illness (SMI) who are participants in high fidelity supported employment programs at the Greater Mental health Center of Manchester and Thresholds, Inc., Chicago, Il, but who have had difficulty getting or keeping jobs. Participants are randomized to either the Thinking Skills for Work (cognitive remediation +supported employment; CT+SE) or enhanced supported employment (E-SE), with cognitive, symptom, and quality of life assessments performed at baseline, 3 months (following the completion of the computerized cognitive training component of the Thinking Skills for Work program), 12 months, and 24 months, and employment data gathered over the full 2-year period. For the E-SE condition, supported employment services are enhanced by training provided to the employment specialists regarding to recognize cognitive problems related to work performance, and how employment specialists can teach clients coping strategies for managing these problems. Primary analyses will focus on testing the hypotheses that the Thinking Skills for Work Program (CT+SE) leads to better cognitive functioning and better competitive work outcomes over the 2-year follow-up period compared to the E-SE program.

Enrollment

110 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Chronic mental disorder
  • Minimum age 18
  • Unemployed
  • Wants employment
  • Must be a recipient of services at one of two participating agencies
  • Fluent in English
  • Willing and legally able to provide informed consent to participate in study -Subjects with court appointed legal guardians will be included

Exclusion criteria

  • History of neurological conditions that impair cognition

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

110 participants in 2 patient groups

Supported Employment Only
Active Comparator group
Description:
Supported employment is an evidence based practice designed to help people with serious mental illness obtain competitive work. This vocational model adheres to the principles of zero inclusion, rapid job search, no prevocational training, attention to client preferences and integration with clinical services.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Supported Employment
Thinking Skills for Work
Experimental group
Description:
The Thinking Skills for Work Program includes 5 components delivered by a Cognitive Specialist who works collaboratively with the consumer's Employment Specialist: a) assessing the consumer's strengths and weaknesses in cognitive functioning, and analysis of the contribution of cognitive impairments and other factors to job losses and difficulties obtaining a job; b) teaching coping strategies for dealing with cognitive challenges associated with job search or maintaining a job; c) computer cognitive training involving cognitive exercises with a commercially available software program, which is designed to improve the broad range of cognitive skills through a combination of practice and strategy coaching by the Cognitive Specialist; d) job search planning; and e) job support consultation.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Thinking Skills for Work Program

Trial contacts and locations

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