Building Employment Skills Through Therapy for Veterans

The objective of the current study was to evaluate whether integrated cognitive behavior therapy (iCBT) can improve engagement and success in an existing Supported Employment (SE) program among the most functionally disabled patients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder. The iCBT condition also included computerized cognitive remediation. The primary specific aim was to determine whether iCBT will significantly improve work outcomes at post-treatment to a greater extent than Usual Care (UC) in low functioning patients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder who join the SE program. The secondary aims were to evaluate the whether iCBT will significantly improve work outcomes at 6 month follow-up relative to UC, and whether iCBT will improve functional outcomes post-treatment and at follow-up relative to UC in subjects who join the SE program.