Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing

Healing Techniques

Healing techniques are often based more on theories about cognitive disorders and behavioral functioning than theories of etiology, and analyses of treatment effects contribute to our understanding of the disorder as much as vice versa.

Cognitive Remediation Therapy is a treatment intended to improve difficulties with such cognitive skills as attention, memory, the speed of information processing, problem-solving, organization, and planning. There are two main techniques for this treatment. One technique is to train the brain functions with exercises which are regularly repeated and allow specific training in the deficient aspect(s) of a cognitive function. Another rehabilitation technique is to work with the preserved cognitive functions. In this case, the patient will be encouraged to develop strategies to process information.