Déficits de la conscience autonoétique et de la mémoire autobiographique : résultats d'une intervention cognitive dans la schizophrénie

The study evaluates the effects of a cognitive intervention called Self-Awareness Therapy (SAT) on abilities of mental time travel in deficit in schizophrenia. Among whole schizophrenia participants, seven participated in SAT, four took part in the Integrative Program Therapy (IPT) and six followed a treatment as usual. Before and after interventions, participants were asked to complete TEMPau for autonoetic awareness and autobiographical memory such as TeMA, for autobiographical memory and projection into future events. Intragroups and individual statistical analyses were conducted. The participants of SAT intervention reported more specific past TEMPau and future specific events on TeMA after therapy. Results support that, in schizophrenia, the retrieving of past specific memories and projection into future specific events could be improved under certain conditions only.