COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING FOR GENETICALLY-D ETERMINED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICITS - A CASE-REPORT PATIENT WITH DE-GROUCHY-SYNDROME-I (CHROMOSOME-18P SYNDROME)

The present case study is a report on computer-based training approach in a male patient suffering from the de-Grouchy syndrome I (with a ch aracteristic chromosomal deletion pattern), who along with psychotic s ymptoms displayed neuropsychological deficits. Participating in a well -established intervention programme aimed at a broad spectrum of psych ological functions, the patient went through 36 training sessions. Wit h regard to outcome assessments one focus was on improved performance in the training tasks, while the other one referred to transfer effect s, as indexed by a neuropsychological test battery which was given bef ore and after the entire programme. In both areas substantial gains fr om training emerged according to the collected data. In view of these results neuropsychological training approaches appear to have a perspe ctive even in behavioural deficits with a genetic basis.