Treatment for Social Cognition Disorders (T-ScEmo) in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury and Comorbid Neuropsychiatric Problems

Launched by GGZ OOST BRABANT · Apr 4, 2025

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• All patients:
• • have an established and documented history of ABI and current neuropsychiatric problems. When patients are referred to our institution, a team of clinical neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, and a high-educated nurse estimate whether patients meet these criteria by using a transdiagnostic tool.
• • have social cognition problems. These impairments in social cognition are established by defective scores on the Facial Expression of Emotion-Stimuli and Tests (FEEST) and/or (if available) frontal lesions visible on computed tomographic scan/magnetic resonance image, indicating higher risk on social behavioral problems. The FEEST is already used in standard care.
• • are at least 6 months post-injury to avoid the effects of spontaneous recovery.
• • are between 18 and 70 years.
• • have a significant other/proxy to fill in questionnaires and participate in the treatment. A life partner (persons living together in an intimate relationship, either married or unmarried) is preferred. When patients don't have a life partner, they are asked to bring an adult proxy (a close friend or family member) with whom they have frequent contact in daily life, preferably someone who already knew the patient from before the ABI.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • not being able to receive the T-ScEmo treatment, for example due to severe cognitive impairment
• • not speaking the Dutch language.