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Matthew M. Kurtz is affiliated with Wesleyan University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their work has a focus on psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, philosophy, and social psychology. Their research topics predominantly revolve around schizophrenia research and treatment, mental health and psychiatry, mental health research topics, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health treatment and access, psychoanalysis and psychopathology research, and psychotherapy techniques and applications.

The scientist has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including:

  • "A Meta-analysis of Cognitive Remediation for Schizophrenia: Efficacy and the Role of Participant and Treatment Factors" (2021) in Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • "A meta-analysis of the effects of social-cognitive training in schizophrenia: The role of treatment characteristics and study quality" (2021) in British Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • "A meta-analysis of social cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: Does world region matter?" (2022) in Schizophrenia Research
  • "The alliance-outcome relationship in individual psychosocial treatment for schizophrenia and early psychosis: A meta-analysis" (2021) in Schizophrenia Research
  • "A meta-analytic investigation of cognitive remediation for mood disorders: Efficacy and the role of study quality, sample and treatment factors" (2023) in Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent coauthors of Matthew M. Kurtz include:

  • David L. Penn
  • Grace Melville
  • Emily Gagen
  • Sérgio Machado
  • Nuno Rocha

Their work is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Schizophrenia Research
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • UNC Libraries
  • British Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Best Publications

  • A Meta-Analysis of Controlled Research on Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia.

    Matthew M. Kurtz;Kim T. Mueser

  • Social Cognitive Training for Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Controlled Research

    Matthew M. Kurtz;Christi L. Richardson

  • A Meta-analytic Investigation of Neurocognitive Deficits in Bipolar Illness: Profile and Effects of Clinical State

    Matthew M. Kurtz;Raphael T. Gerraty

  • Neurocognitive impairment across the lifespan in schizophrenia: an update

    Matthew M. Kurtz

  • Approaches to cognitive remediation of neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia: a review and meta-analysis.

    Matthew M. Kurtz;Paul J. Moberg;Ruben C. Gur;Raquel E. Gur

  • Computer-Assisted Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia: What is the Active Ingredient?

    Matthew M. Kurtz;James C. Seltzer;Dana S. Shagan;Warren R. Thime

  • Neurocognitive Predictors of Objective and Subjective Quality of Life in Individuals With Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analytic Investigation

    Arielle W. Tolman;Matthew M. Kurtz

  • Comprehensive treatments for social cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: A critical review and effect-size analysis of controlled studies.

    Matthew M. Kurtz;Matthew M. Kurtz;Emily Gagen;Nuno B.F. Rocha;Sergio Machado

  • Comparison of the continuous performance test with and without working memory demands in healthy controls and patients with schizophrenia.

    Matthew M Kurtz;J.Daniel Ragland;Warren Bilker;Ruben C Gur

  • Symptoms Versus Neurocognitive Test Performance as Predictors of Psychosocial Status in Schizophrenia: A 1- and 4-Year Prospective Study

    Matthew M Kurtz;Paul J Moberg;J Daniel Ragland;Ruben C Gur

  • A Meta-analysis of Cognitive Remediation for Schizophrenia: Efficacy and the Role of Participant and Treatment Factors.

    Julia A Lejeune;Julia A Lejeune;Andrew Northrop;Matthew M Kurtz

  • Adjunctive pharmacotherapy for cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: meta-analytical investigation of efficacy

    Kee-Hong Choi;Til Wykes;Matthew M. Kurtz

  • Predictors of change in life skills in schizophrenia after cognitive remediation

    Matthew M. Kurtz;James C. Seltzer;Marco Fujimoto;Dana S. Shagan

  • Neuropsychological functioning in hoarding disorder

    David F. Tolin;Anna Villavicencio;Andrea Umbach;Matthew M. Kurtz

  • Symptoms versus neurocognition as predictors of change in life skills in schizophrenia after outpatient rehabilitation.

    Matthew M. Kurtz;Matthew M. Kurtz;Bruce E. Wexler;Marco Fujimoto;Dana S. Shagan

  • The Penn Conditional Exclusion Test: a new measure of executive-function with alternate forms for repeat administration

    Matthew M Kurtz;J Daniel Ragland;Paul J Moberg;Ruben C Gur

  • Abnormal hemodynamics in schizophrenia during an auditory oddball task.

    Kent A. Kiehl;Michael C. Stevens;Kim Celone;Matthew Kurtz

  • Elementary neurocognitive function, facial affect recognition and social-skills in schizophrenia

    Melissa B. Meyer;Matthew M. Kurtz

  • A Virtual Reality Apartment as a Measure of Medication Management Skills in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study

    Matthew M. Kurtz;Elizabeth Baker;Godfrey D. Pearlson;Robert S. Astur

  • Neurocognition as a predictor of response to evidence-based psychosocial interventions in schizophrenia: What is the state of the evidence?

    Matthew M. Kurtz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruben C. Gur
Ruben C. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Robert S. Astur
Robert S. Astur University of Connecticut
Raquel E. Gur
Raquel E. Gur University of Pennsylvania
David L. Penn
David L. Penn University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David F. Tolin
David F. Tolin Yale University
Wendy R. Kates
Wendy R. Kates SUNY Upstate Medical University
Katherine Berry
Katherine Berry University of Manchester
Steven M. Silverstein
Steven M. Silverstein University of Rochester Medical Center
Steve Martino
Steve Martino Yale University
Caryn Lerman
Caryn Lerman University of Southern California

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