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  • Title: Brief emotion training improves recognition of facial emotions in chronic schizophrenia. A pilot study.
    Author: Silver H, Goodman C, Knoll G, Isakov V.
    Journal: Psychiatry Res; 2004 Sep 30; 128(2):147-54. PubMed ID: 15488957.
    Abstract:
    Impaired emotional communication may be an important contributing factor to poor social function in schizophrenia. This pilot study examined the effect of emotion training exercises on the perception of facial emotional expression. Twenty male chronic schizophrenia patients underwent three training sessions using a computerized Emotion Training program, developed for teaching autistic children, which was adapted to the clinical setting. Patients were assessed before and after training with validated tests of identification of facial emotions (PEAT, ER40), differentiation of facial emotions (EmDiff) and working memory. In comparison to baseline, patients performed significantly better on the PEAT and ER40 tests after training. No change was observed in EmDiff or in cognitive test performance. Brief Emotion Training can improve recognition of facial emotional expressions in chronic schizophrenia patients. This may be due to increased patient awareness of emotional aspects of stimuli and/or improvement in specific emotional perceptual skills. Further studies of Emotion Training as a potential treatment modality are warranted.
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