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Therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: Comparison with schizophrenia
INTRODUCTION: Studies on autism spectrum disorder in recent years have controversially indicated similarities with schizophrenia. Cognitive dysfunction is present in both disorders, and while there is a rich array of interventions for cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, there are few such treatm...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30643494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1569186118808217 |
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author | Miyajima, Maki Omiya, Hidetoshi Yamashita, Kiyoko Yambe, Kenji Matsui, Mie Denda, Kenzo |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Studies on autism spectrum disorder in recent years have controversially indicated similarities with schizophrenia. Cognitive dysfunction is present in both disorders, and while there is a rich array of interventions for cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, there are few such treatments for autism spectrum disorder. In this study, we have investigated a potentially useful approach in autism spectrum disorder by comparing autism spectrum disorder with schizophrenia in regard to the characteristics of cognitive dysfunction and therapeutic response to cognitive remediation therapy. METHOD: We studied seven patients with autism spectrum disorder and eight patients with schizophrenia, using a frontal/executive programme as the intervention. The characteristics of cognitive dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder before frontal/executive programme and the therapeutic response to frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder patients were compared with those in schizophrenia patients, based on evaluation of cognitive function and social function. The changes in cognitive and social function after treatment in each patient group were compared using the Mann–Whitney’s U test. RESULTS: The severity of cognitive dysfunction did not differ significantly between autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. Frontal/executive programme was effective in autism spectrum disorder, with subjects showing about the same therapeutic response as in schizophrenia. CONCLUSION: Frontal/executive programme appears to be useful for patients with autism spectrum disorder. Furthermore, the similarities in cognitive dysfunction and therapeutic response between autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia are highly relevant to the recent debate concerning the similarity between these two disease concepts. |
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spelling | pubmed-63221092019-01-14 Therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: Comparison with schizophrenia Miyajima, Maki Omiya, Hidetoshi Yamashita, Kiyoko Yambe, Kenji Matsui, Mie Denda, Kenzo Hong Kong J Occup Ther Articles INTRODUCTION: Studies on autism spectrum disorder in recent years have controversially indicated similarities with schizophrenia. Cognitive dysfunction is present in both disorders, and while there is a rich array of interventions for cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia, there are few such treatments for autism spectrum disorder. In this study, we have investigated a potentially useful approach in autism spectrum disorder by comparing autism spectrum disorder with schizophrenia in regard to the characteristics of cognitive dysfunction and therapeutic response to cognitive remediation therapy. METHOD: We studied seven patients with autism spectrum disorder and eight patients with schizophrenia, using a frontal/executive programme as the intervention. The characteristics of cognitive dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder before frontal/executive programme and the therapeutic response to frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder patients were compared with those in schizophrenia patients, based on evaluation of cognitive function and social function. The changes in cognitive and social function after treatment in each patient group were compared using the Mann–Whitney’s U test. RESULTS: The severity of cognitive dysfunction did not differ significantly between autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. Frontal/executive programme was effective in autism spectrum disorder, with subjects showing about the same therapeutic response as in schizophrenia. CONCLUSION: Frontal/executive programme appears to be useful for patients with autism spectrum disorder. Furthermore, the similarities in cognitive dysfunction and therapeutic response between autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia are highly relevant to the recent debate concerning the similarity between these two disease concepts. SAGE Publications 2018-10-29 2018-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6322109/ /pubmed/30643494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1569186118808217 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Articles Miyajima, Maki Omiya, Hidetoshi Yamashita, Kiyoko Yambe, Kenji Matsui, Mie Denda, Kenzo Therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: Comparison with schizophrenia |
title | Therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: Comparison with schizophrenia |
title_full | Therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: Comparison with schizophrenia |
title_fullStr | Therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: Comparison with schizophrenia |
title_full_unstemmed | Therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: Comparison with schizophrenia |
title_short | Therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: Comparison with schizophrenia |
title_sort | therapeutic responses to a frontal/executive programme in autism spectrum disorder: comparison with schizophrenia |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30643494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1569186118808217 |
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