A multi-site randomized controlled trial of a cognitive skills programme for male mentally disordered offenders: social-cognitive outcomes
Background. Cognitive skills programmes have been associated with improvements on psychometric measures and reductions in antisocial behaviour in mentally disordered offenders (MDOs). However, to date there have been no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of such programmes with this population. In t...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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16 August 2011
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Psychological medicine
Year: 2012, Volume: 42, Issue: 03, Pages: 557-569 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8978 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0033291711001553 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291711001553 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0033291711001553 
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| Author Notes: | A.E. Cullen, A.Y. Clarke, E. Kuipers, S. Hodgins, K. Dean, T. Fahy |
| Summary: | Background. Cognitive skills programmes have been associated with improvements on psychometric measures and reductions in antisocial behaviour in mentally disordered offenders (MDOs). However, to date there have been no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of such programmes with this population. In the first RCT of a cognitive skills programme with MDOs we aimed to determine if participation in the Reasoning and Rehabilitation (R&R) programme was associated with improvements in social-cognitive skills and thinking styles. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1469-8978 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0033291711001553 |