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24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S349–S805

S463

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1343

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Neuropsychological rehabilitation

training in residential mental health

services

A. Vaccaro

, A.S

. 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.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1344

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The role of mirror neurons in autism

impairment

M.D.L. Guedes Neta

1

, C. Varanda

2 ,

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

( Fig. 1 ).

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.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1345

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Psychodynamic intervention in brief

psychotherapy

M. Viederman

1 , 2

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