Cognition has been known to be impaired in schizophrenia from when it was first diagnosed and yet it has taken many years to consider it a target for intervention. Improving cognition is now considered a target for psychological intervention mainly because of the relationship between cognition and functional outcome. This talk will evaluate the current evidence for cognitive remediation for people with schizophrenia and suggest future research to identify the treatment ingredients to boost the recovery of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Dame Til Wykes is a professor at the prestigious Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College Hospital in the UK. She is a clinical psychologist at the Maudsley Hospital and leads the Division of Psychology and Systems Sciences as its Vice Dean. She has contributed more than 200 papers, 14 books and personally leads £10m in grants. She is an NIHR Senior Investigator (one of only 200 in the UK) and in 2016 was made a Dame (a knighthood) by the Queen for her services to mental health. In addition to her research she founded and is now the co-director of the Service User Research Enterprise which employs researchers who have had experience of using mental health services. She is an editorial board member of 8 journals as well as being the Executive Editor of the Journal of Mental Health.
She actually holds the Guinness World Record for the Largest Mental health lesson - given to schoolchildren 11 to 17.