Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: 1. DSM-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia or a related psychotic disorder 2. Being followed and treated by a clinician of the Douglas Mental Health University Hospital 3. Being 18 or older 4. Having an objective difficulty in social cognition (i.e. emotion recognition, theory of mind, attributional bias, social perception) defined as a performance equal of below 1 standard deviation from the normative group on one of the following measures: Penn Emotion Recognition Task (ER-40; Emotion recognition), Combined Stories Test (COST; Theory of mind), Social Knowledge test (SKT; Social knowledge) or Interpersonal, Personal and Situational Attributions Questionnaire (IPSAQ; Attributional style). This criterion is mandatory since we need to be able to remediate a difficulty during cognitive remediation. 5. Being considered symptomatically stable and capable of using the online platforms, as judged by their primary clinicians (i.e., psychiatrist, case manager, psychologist) 6. Having access to digital technology, Internet and access to a private space (a room where the participant can be alone) 7. Being able to nominate an emergency contact Exclusion Criteria: 1. Evidence of an organic cause for cognitive difficulties (e.g. neurological disease, history of brain trauma) 2. History of mental retardation or autism spectrum disorder 3. Being hospitalized at the time of recruitment 4. Inability to speak or read French or English