Improved social functioning following social recovery therapy in first episode psychosis: Do social cognition and neurocognition change following therapy, and do they predict treatment response?

There is a need to develop and refine psychosocial interventions improve functioning in First Episode Psychosis (FEP). Social cognition neurocognition are closely linked psychosis; examinations of pre- post- intervention may provide insights into the mechanisms these interventions, identify which individuals most likely benefit. Cognition was assessed within multi-site trial Recovery Therapy (SRT) for with FEP experiencing poor (<30 h weekly structured activity). Fifty-nine participants were randomly allocated therapy group (SRT + Early intervention), 64 treatment as usual (TAU - early care). at baseline 9 months; assessors blind allocation. It hypothesized that social would following therapy, those better prior benefit from SRT. no significant impact SRT on individual neurocognitive or cognitive variables, however, joint models addressing patterns missingness demonstrate improvement across number outcomes Further, regression analyses showed who had (ß = 0.350; 95% CI 0.830 8.891; p .019). not clear if impacts function, be beneficial baseline.