A boost of confidence for people living with mental illness

A boost of confidence for people living with mental illness

May 7, 2014

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Christopher Bowie recently received a national award for his program that helps people with a mental illness function at a high level when they return to work.
 

By Anne Craig, Communications Officer

Christopher Bowie (Psychology) has received a national award for his program that helps people with a mental illness function at a high level when they return to work.

카지노 게임 컬렉션Many people with mental illness experience improvements in their primary symptoms after treatment , such as low mood in the case of depression,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Bowie. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Still, many continue to have challenges with cognitive abilities like memory and attention. Work is one area that tends to be a residual challenge and, not surprisingly, the persistence of cognitive difficulties is a strong predictor of how well people do when they return to work 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and how they feel about their work.카지노 게임 컬렉션

In response to this challenge, Dr. Bowie developed the Action-Based Cognitive Remediation program, which earned him the Psychiatry Research Award from Pfizer Canada, Healthy Minds Canada and Sun Life Mutual. He is one of only three doctors across Canada to earn the award this year.

카지노 게임 컬렉션Dr. Bowie카지노 게임 컬렉션s research demonstrating the effectiveness of psychological treatments for the improvement of cognitive function in patients with mental illness continues to be at the forefront of mental health treatment strategies and is one of the leading clinical research programs in the Department of Psychology,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Richard Beninger, Head of the Department of Psychology.  카지노 게임 컬렉션Dr. Bowie is among the world카지노 게임 컬렉션s leading researchers on the use of psychological treatments in psychiatric illness.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Cognitive remediation involves retraining the brain using specialized treatment methods in order to improve memory and attention skills.  Cognitive remediation alone is often insufficient for many people who have an episode of mental illness because they experience a disruption to their skills and a loss of confidence in their abilities. Dr. Bowie카지노 게임 컬렉션s Action-Based Cognitive Remediation builds on the stimulation of brain activity brought on by cognitive remediation by pairing it with actual work behaviours.

In one example, participants engage in a computer activity that trains their ability to visually search for a complex looking object amongst a number of similar distracting items. Then, to make the training applicable in the real world, they turn their chair around and use the skills they just worked on to engage in work-associated behaviours, such as searching for a specific file, or scanning a shelf for the precise type of material needed for a task.

카지노 게임 컬렉션Workplace depression is associated with reduced quality of life and lost productivity in society,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Bowie. 카지노 게임 컬렉션We hope to challenge that by putting the treatment of cognitive remediation in an everyday context that we hope will reduce anxiety, improve confidence and result in a more satisfying work life for the millions of people suffering from depression.카지노 게임 컬렉션

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