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Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Neuropsychological rehabilitation
training in residential mental health
services
A. Vaccaro ∗ . Cusmai , A. Catania , C. Zoppellaro , F. Manfrin
Comunità TESEO, Crest, Milan, Italy
∗ Corresponding author.
The neuropsychological rehabilitation in our mental health service
is a central pillar of psychosocial rehabilitation. These interven-
tions are integrated into a more complex program of psychosocial
rehabilitation based on cognitive behavioral method.
We devote particular attention to the empowerment of the cog-
nitive functions: attention, memory, language, logical and abstract
reasoning.
The aim of this research is to evaluate efficacy of neuropsycolog-
ical rehabilitation training in cognitive rehabilitation of psychotic
patients.
The subjects that took part to the training were psychotics patient,
residents in a mental health Community. Patients were both
females and males, aged between 18 and 55 years. They were
divided in two experimental groups and a control group. The instru-
ment used was a battery of neuropsycological standardized tests.
Tests were managed by an eye-tracker specialist.
Preliminary results seem to confirm a certain degree of improve-
ment due to the training. Eye tracking integration during
assessment appears to be a powerful tool as well, in order to define
more patient-tailored strategies.
The training based on the empowerment of cognitive functions
(attention, memory, language, logical and abstract reasoning)
seems to change significantly the cognitive functions of the psy-
chotic patients.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
EV360
The role of mirror neurons in autism
impairment
M.D.L. Guedes Neta , C. Varanda ∗
1 Paulista University, Human Sciences, Santos, Brazil
2 University of São Paulo, Department of Physical Therapy,
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Occupational
Therapy, São Paulo, Brazil
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction The discovery of mirror neurons, considered to be
responsible for empathy, intrigued researchers all over the world.
Many studies have been developed associating mirror neurons to
the incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Objective Identifying a possible influence of mirror neuron in
autism.
Aims Reviewing the recent trajectory of neuroscience in relation
to the connection of impaired mirror neurons in autism.
Method Bibliographical review of studies in English, pub-
lished in SciELO and LILACS databases, between 2008 and 2013.
The keywords used were: autism, brain, cortex and mirror
neuron.
Results Different subjects explored the influence of mirror neu-
rons in autism as shown below Among 17 studies, 12 were
bibliographical reviews and 5 involved experiments. Seventy-six
percent of the studies were favorable to the influence of these neu-
rons, while 24% were not.
Conclusion There was a balance in the distribution of themes
explored in the articles and few studies exploring the role of mir-
ror neurons in autism. Even though the current research may not
be conclusive, it can be said that currently neuroscientists tend to
agree that mirror neurons significantly influence ASD. Recent stud-
ies suggest that, if properly stimulated, ASD individuals can develop
their social skill and, consequently, be socially inserted. According
to most author studied, technological development is needed in
order to enable scientific advances involving mirror-neurons and
ASD.
Fig. 1 Percentage of themes explored in the studies.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Psychodynamic intervention in brief
psychotherapy
M. Viederman
1 Weill Cornell Medical College, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, New
York City, USA
2 Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, Columbia Psychoanalytic
Center for Training and Research, Columbia University, Columbia,
USA
This paper will describe a framework for an intensive psychothera-
peutic intervention useful in consultation and its extension in brief
psychotherapy. The approach is designed to address symptomatic
expressions of distress that arise as the expression of unconscious
conflict provoked by situations of crisis. It may also be a model
for selected patients in longer therapies that address ongoing
problems. This therapeutic approach has elements familiar to any
experienced therapist, but is specific in its conceptualization. What
distinguishes this therapy from others is the induction and utiliza-
tion of a special positive quality in the therapeutic relationship as a
therapeutic aimand “curative factor” in its own right beyond its role
as the substrate for a trusting relationship that underlies all success-
ful psychotherapeutic elements. This involves a specific strategy
and technique designed to develop a “benevolent transference” to
effect change, sometimes to achieve symptom relief, sometimes
as a precursor to meaningful insight. In this respect the relation-
ship, considered to be a central feature of the therapy, compliments