Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Guanfacine Enhancement of Working Memory: Prospects for Augmenting Cognitive Remediation in the Schizophrenia Spectrum
Brief Summary: This is a study to assess the efficacy augmenting cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) with a pharmacological agent for individuals with schizotypal personality disorder (SPD). Impaired cognition, along with functional and social skill deficits, is a core feature of schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. A better understanding of the cognitive and functional impairments in schizophrenia-related conditions, as well as the identification of interventions that can reduce these impairments, are vital to improving outcomes for individual with these disorders.