ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the efficacy of errorless (EL) learning in patients with schizophrenia, by drawing on studies conducted in laboratory settings, psychosocial programs and real-world contexts. It presents an overview of the clinical and neuropsychological presentation of schizophrenia, and subsequently reviews the use of EL principles in the population. The chapter considers studies using EL principles in vocational rehabilitation. The cognitive rehabilitation intervention consisted of repetitive but increasingly demanding tasks that aimed to improve social knowledge in a variety of situations. In 2010, the Cognitive Remediation Experts Workshop emphasized the need to provide cognitive remediation therapy in schizophrenia, which they defined as "behavioural training based on interventions that aim to improve cognitive processes with the goal of durability and generalization". The cognitive profile in schizophrenia is characterized primarily by significant impairment in executive function, attention, and episodic memory. Patients with schizophrenia show impairments in most executive abilities: planning, inhibition, flexibility and decision-making.
