Social Cognition Training and Vocational Rehabilitation

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Social cognition impairments, frequently encountered in Serial Mental Illness, reduce the ability to find and to keep a job. Cognitive remediation and social cognition training reduce the impact of cognitive impairments on work outcomes . The purpose of this research is to associate a social cognition training program to vocational rehabilitation in the transition network (transitional Workforce Assistance Facilities and Services) to help people to maintain their jobs and to access to work in an ordinary environment. To support the development of social cognition interventions, additional care (users will retain their usual medical follow-up) will be implemented within the Workforce Assistance Facilities and Services. This project is part of a strong partnership between the Cognitive remediation network (health sector: rehabilitation centers) and the Transition network (medico-social sector: three Workforce Assistance Facilities and Services having partnerships with rehabilitation centers). This partnership has been experienced previously in the RemedRehab project funded by the 2012 hospital clinical research program (PHRC). This project was recently completed.

Detailed Description
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Social cognition training concomitant to work help to maintain employment in transitional Workforce Assistance Facilities and Services . Participation in the study will be offered to anyone with severe psychic disorders and a social cognition disorder who started working in one of the transitional Workforce Assistance Facilities and Services in the year prior to inclusion to limit selection bias. The study population is defined by the transitional Workforce Assistance Facilities and Services users involved. The diagnosis is not included in the inclusion criteria. It will, however, be established according to DSM-5 criteria for included users, who will benefit from a semi-structured interview . The expected benefits in the social cognition training programgroup are: best job maintaining rate in transitional Workforce Assistance Facilities and Services , improvement of social cognition, improvement of interpersonal skills, improvement of self-esteem, improvement of professional insertion and improvement of the patient's vision of his place in society. Participants enrolled in information group may expect benefits on socialization and empowerment.

Official Title
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REMEDEMPLOI: Social Cognition Training and Vocational Rehabilitation

Conditions
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Schizophrenia

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Social Cognition Training
* Behavioral: Informations


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of a serious mental illness (The specific diagnosis is not included in the inclusion criteria. It will, however, be established according to DSM-5 criteria for included users, who will benefit from a semi-structured interview (MINI, Sheehan et al., 1998). Admission in an ESAT in the last year prior to enrollment Expected duration of employment beyond two years Tutor's agreement (for persons under tutorship) Affiliation to social insurance Exclusion Criteria: Absence of a social cognition disorder at neuropsychological evaluations Simultaneous participation in a social cognition remediation program Insufficient level of understanding of French to participate in the group (verbal exchanges) Insufficient visual acuity to participate in the group (use of slideshow in the group sessions)

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Each participant is randomized in one of the two groups, defined by the type of treatment allocated: Social Cognition Training program or only Informations
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Social Cognition Training Program<br>This program is taken from two validated cognitive remediation programs: the SCIT program and the RC2S program : perception of social situations - emotional processes and social perception;interpretation of social situations - theory of mind and attributions;acting in social situations - social skills training | Behavioral: Social Cognition Training<br>* Evaluate the impact of the social cognition training on employment maintaining in transitional Workforce Assistance Facilities and Services.<br>|
| Sham Comparator: Informations program<br>Educational team Information will be given to participants about work environment, social environment, stress management, sleep management, treatments. It will also include socialization sessions with board games or cultural activities. | Behavioral: Informations<br>* informations about work environment, social environment, stress management, sleep management, treatments<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change from baseline in total number of hours worked | Difference between the total number of hours worked compared to the number of working hours provided for in the work contract for 6 months | 6 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change from baseline in social cognitive | The Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire (AIHQ): a measure for evaluating hostile social-cognitive biases in paranoia | 6 months | 
| Change from baseline in self-esteem | Self-Esteem Rating Scale - Short Form (SERS-SF). Self-esteem was assessed with the Self-Esteem Rating Scale-Short Form (SERS-SF) . The SERS is a 20-item self-rating scale with two subscales: positive and negative self-esteem. | 6 months | 
| Change from baseline in self-stigmatization | Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness scale (ISMI ). The ISMI scale was developed to measure the internalized stigma of people with a mental illness | 6 months | 
| Change from baseline in the recovery process | STages Of Recovery Instrument (STORI) The STORI consists of 50 items, presented in 10 groups of five. Each group represents one of the four process components of recovery: hope; identity; meaning; responsibility | 6 months |