Effectiveness of interventions to improve social function in patient with brain injury.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K19722
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Psychiatric science
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: UBUKATA SHIHO 京都大学, 医学研究科, 研究員 (40738960)
• Research Collaborator: UEDA Keita 京都大学, 大学院医学研究科脳病態生理学講座, 助教 (60573079) ; SUGIHARA Genichi 京都大学, 大学院医学研究科脳病態生理学講座, 院内講師 (70402261)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 高次脳機能障害 / 外傷性脳損傷 / 認知リハビリテーション / 社会認知 / 社会機能 / 神経画像

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To determine the effectiveness of interventions addressing cognitive impairments to improve social function in patients with brain injury. 1) Neuroimaging analyses revealed that patients exhibited volume reductions in connectivity via the corpus callosum, however, most of the cortical grey matter volume were intact.2）Impairments in cognitive processing speed and theory of mind were the best predictors of social function. 3)Through the group treatment using "Social Cognition and Interaction Training", ability of judging facial expressions of others was improved in patient with brain injury. These results suggested that focused rehabilitation approach might be useful to improve social function. Furthermore, neuroimaging method would give us biological evidence to select an optimal intervention.

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