cognitive function and poorer outcome in CBT (Aharonovich, Nunes, & Hasin, 2003; Bates, Buckman, & Nguyen, 2013; Litt, Kadden, Cooney, & Kabela, 2003; Sofuoglu, DeVito, Waters, & Carroll, 2013). Given that (1) cognitive impairment may not be directly improved by CBT, and (2) CBT’s relatively high level of cognitive demand may be particularly challenging for patients with difficulties with attending to interventions, remembering them, and implementing them effectively, we are exploring whether cognitive training, delivered prior to the initiation of CBT, might improvement response, by introducing these relatively complex cognitive and behavioral coping skills delivering outcome after interventions that target memory and attention (ongoing, clinicaltrials.gov NCT02174614).
