Efficacy of visual process training in the patients with schizophrenia: A pre and post intervention study

Pages: 273-276
Indu Sulanki and Jai Prakash (Department of Clinical Psychology, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-psychiatry and Allied Sciences, Kanke, Ranchi)

Schizophrenia patients are unable to filter sensory stimuli and may have disturbed perceptions of sounds, colors and other features of the environment. The aim of the present study was to see the efficacy of visual process training in the patients with schizophrenia. Based on purposive sampling technique 10 male patients with schizophrenia (diagnosed aczcording to ICD-10, DCR criteria) were selected. They were divided into two groups, five patients as experimental group and five patients as control group. Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test and Comprehensive Trail Making Test have been used. The experimental group was given Brainwave-R (visual processing module). Control group was given no remediation training. Findings of the present study revealed positive impact of visual process training in the experimental group of schizophrenia. It was concluded that visual process deficit persists in the patients with schizophrenia and visual process training is quite helpful in remediating this deficit.