Rehabilitation of Executive Functions in a Real-Life Setting : Goal Management Training Applied to a Person with Schizophrenia

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The aim was to assess the efficacy of a modified version of Goal Management Training (GMT) in a person with schizophrenia who had difficulties in attaining the final goal for new and multitasking daily-life situations.

GMT is designed to improve abilities in establishing goal-directed plans and carrying them out effectively.

Beneficial effects of GMT were measured for several clinical questionnaires, laboratory tasks, and three real-life situations: meal preparation (trained, familiar); washing (nontrained, familiar); meeting preparation (nontrained, unfamiliar).

The results revealed improvement in planning and on trained laboratory and meal preparation tasks and a generalization of GMT effects on nontrained laboratory and everyday tasks.

Self-esteem also improved.

Finally, a two-year followup indicated the durability of the beneficial effects.